decaído

adj.

depressed, broken-hearted, beaten, dejected.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: decaer.

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decaído

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=decaer}}decaer

► adjetivo

1 (débil) weak

2 (triste) sad, depressed, low

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ADJ down, low

estar decaído — to be down o low

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-da adjetivo [estar] low, down (colloq)

te encuentro muy decaído — you seem very low

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= sagging, dispirited.

Ex. It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.

Ex. The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: 'Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.

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-da adjetivo [estar] low, down (colloq)

te encuentro muy decaído — you seem very low

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= sagging, dispirited.

Ex: It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.

Ex: The text around the rim of the teacup, from Marcel Proust, reads: 'Dispirited after a dreary day, with the prospect of a depressing morrow'.

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decaído -da

adjective

[ ESTAR] low, down (colloq)

te encuentro muy decaído you seem in very low spirits o very down o very low

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Del verbo decaer: (conjugate decaer)

decaído es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
decaer    
decaído
decaer (conjugate decaer) verbo intransitivo

a) [ánimo/fuerzas] to flag;

[enfermo] to deteriorate;
[interés/popularidad] to wane

b) [barrio/restaurante] to go downhill;

[calidad/prestigio] to decline

c) [imperio/civilización] to decay, decline

decaído

◊ -da adjetivo [estar] low, down (colloq)

decaer verbo intransitivo
1 (la energía, la salud, etc) to deteriorate
2 (en fuerza, intensidad) to decline: la minería ha decaído mucho en la última década, the mining industry has been in decline for the last ten years
decaído,-a adjetivo down: está decaído, he is very low

'decaído' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
decaer
- decaída
English:
ebb
- lapse

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decaído, -a adj

[desalentado] gloomy, downhearted, dispirited;

está muy decaído desde que lo despidieron he's been very low since he was sacked

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decaído

I part → decaer

II adj fig

depressed, down fam