declinar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēclīnāre, present active infinitive of dēclīnō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /də.kliˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.kliˈnaɾ/
Verb
declinar (first-person singular present declino, past participle declinat)
- (transitive, intransitive) to decline
Conjugation
Conjugation of declinar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | declinar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | declinant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | declinat | declinada | |||||
| plural | declinats | declinades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | declino | declines | declina | declinem | declineu | declinen | |
| imperfect | declinava | declinaves | declinava | declinàvem | declinàveu | declinaven | |
| future | declinaré | declinaràs | declinarà | declinarem | declinareu | declinaran | |
| preterite | decliní | declinares | declinà | declinàrem | declinàreu | declinaren | |
| conditional | declinaria | declinaries | declinaria | declinaríem | declinaríeu | declinarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | declini | declinis | declini | declinem | declineu | declinin | |
| imperfect | declinés | declinessis | declinés | declinéssim | declinéssiu | declinessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | declina | declini | declinem | declineu | declinin | ||
Related terms
- declinació
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēclīnāre.
Verb
declinar (first-person singular present declino, first-person singular preterite declinei, past participle declinado)
- to abate (decrease or become less in strength)
- Synonyms: descer, diminuir
- to decline (refuse)
- Synonym: recusar
- to decline (inflect)
- to express something verbally
- Synonym: dizer
Conjugation
Conjugation of declinar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | declinar | |||||
| Personal | declinar | declinares | declinar | declinarmos | declinardes | declinarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| declinando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | declinado | declinados | ||||
| Feminine | declinada | declinadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | declino | declinas | declina | declinamos | declinais | declinam |
| Imperfect | declinava | declinavas | declinava | declinávamos | declináveis | declinavam |
| Preterite | declinei | declinaste | declinou | declinamos1, declinámos2 | declinastes | declinaram |
| Pluperfect | declinara | declinaras | declinara | declináramos | declináreis | declinaram |
| Future | declinarei | declinarás | declinará | declinaremos | declinareis | declinarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| declinaria | declinarias | declinaria | declinaríamos | declinaríeis | declinariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | decline | declines | decline | declinemos | declineis | declinem |
| Imperfect | declinasse | declinasses | declinasse | declinássemos | declinásseis | declinassem |
| Future | declinar | declinares | declinar | declinarmos | declinardes | declinarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | declina | decline | declinemos | declinai | declinem | |
| Negative (não) | não declines | não decline | não declinemos | não declineis | não declinem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- declinação
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēclīnāre, present active infinitive of dēclīnō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dekliˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.kliˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧cli‧nar
Verb
declinar (first-person singular present declino, first-person singular preterite decliné, past participle declinado)
- (transitive) to decline
- (transitive, grammar) to decline
- (intransitive, formal) to draw to an end
- (reflexive) to lean (hang outwards)
Conjugation
Conjugation of declinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | declinar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | declinando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | declinado | declinada | |||||
| plural | declinados | declinadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | declino | declinastú declinásvos | declina | declinamos | declináis | declinan | |
| imperfect | declinaba | declinabas | declinaba | declinábamos | declinabais | declinaban | |
| preterite | decliné | declinaste | declinó | declinamos | declinasteis | declinaron | |
| future | declinaré | declinarás | declinará | declinaremos | declinaréis | declinarán | |
| conditional | declinaría | declinarías | declinaría | declinaríamos | declinaríais | declinarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | decline | declinestú declinésvos2 | decline | declinemos | declinéis | declinen | |
| imperfect (ra) | declinara | declinaras | declinara | declináramos | declinarais | declinaran | |
| imperfect (se) | declinase | declinases | declinase | declinásemos | declinaseis | declinasen | |
| future1 | declinare | declinares | declinare | declináremos | declinareis | declinaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | declinatú declinávos | decline | declinemos | declinad | declinen | ||
| negative | no declines | no decline | no declinemos | no declinéis | no declinen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of declinar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive declinar | |||||||
| dative | declinarme | declinarte | declinarle, declinarse | declinarnos | declinaros | declinarles, declinarse | |
| accusative | declinarme | declinarte | declinarlo, declinarla, declinarse | declinarnos | declinaros | declinarlos, declinarlas, declinarse | |
| with gerund declinando | |||||||
| dative | declinándome | declinándote | declinándole, declinándose | declinándonos | declinándoos | declinándoles, declinándose | |
| accusative | declinándome | declinándote | declinándolo, declinándola, declinándose | declinándonos | declinándoos | declinándolos, declinándolas, declinándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative declina | |||||||
| dative | declíname | declínate | declínale | declínanos | not used | declínales | |
| accusative | declíname | declínate | declínalo, declínala | declínanos | not used | declínalos, declínalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative decliná | |||||||
| dative | decliname | declinate | declinale | declinanos | not used | declinales | |
| accusative | decliname | declinate | declinalo, declinala | declinanos | not used | declinalos, declinalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative decline | |||||||
| dative | declíneme | not used | declínele, declínese | declínenos | not used | declíneles | |
| accusative | declíneme | not used | declínelo, declínela, declínese | declínenos | not used | declínelos, declínelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative declinemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | declinémoste | declinémosle | declinémonos | declinémoos | declinémosles | |
| accusative | not used | declinémoste | declinémoslo, declinémosla | declinémonos | declinémoos | declinémoslos, declinémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative declinad | |||||||
| dative | declinadme | not used | declinadle | declinadnos | declinaos | declinadles | |
| accusative | declinadme | not used | declinadlo, declinadla | declinadnos | declinaos | declinadlos, declinadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative declinen | |||||||
| dative | declínenme | not used | declínenle | declínennos | not used | declínenles, declínense | |
| accusative | declínenme | not used | declínenlo, declínenla | declínennos | not used | declínenlos, declínenlas, declínense | |
Related terms
- declinación
Further reading
- “declinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014