declinar — meaning in English

English meaning

• decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
• inflect verb To cause to curve inwards.

Senses

declinar is used for these senses in English:

• decline (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
• decline (transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
• decline (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
• inflect (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

decline — full definition

1. verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
2. verb To politely refuse an offer or invitation.
3. noun A gradual decrease or worsening.

inflect — full definition

1. verb To cause to curve inwards.
2. verb To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
3. verb To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
4. verb To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

Related Spanish words