decaimiento — meaning in English

English meaning

• decay verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
• downfall noun A sudden loss of power, status, or success.

Senses

decaimiento is used for these senses in English:

• decay (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
• decay A deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.
• downfall A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.

decay — full definition

1. verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
2. verb To decline gradually in quality, strength, or condition.
3. noun The process or result of rotting or gradual deterioration.
4. noun In physics, the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus or particle breaks down over time.

downfall — full definition

1. noun A sudden loss of power, status, or success.
2. noun The specific cause of such a collapse.

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