descender
English
Etymology
descend + -er (“agent suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Noun
descender (plural descenders)
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- A person or thing that descends.
- (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
- (cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
- (climbing) A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.
Synonyms
- (typography): tail
Translations
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Anagrams
- redescend
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- decender (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese decender, borrowed from Latin dēscendere. Compare descer, probably an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [de.sẽˈde(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.sẽˈde(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [de.sẽˈde(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.sẽˈde(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /dɨʃ.sẽˈdeɾ/, (natural pronunciation) /dɨ.ʃẽˈdeɾ/
Verb
descender (first-person singular present descendo, first-person singular preterite descendi, past participle descendido)
- (intransitive) to descend (to pass from a higher to a lower place)
- (genealogy, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an ancestor)
- (etymology, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an etymon)
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | descender | |||||
Personal | descender | descenderes | descender | descendermos | descenderdes | descenderem |
Gerund | ||||||
descendendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | descendido | descendidos | ||||
Feminine | descendida | descendidas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | descendo | descendes | descende | descendemos | descendeis | descendem |
Imperfect | descendia | descendias | descendia | descendíamos | descendíeis | descendiam |
Preterite | descendi | descendeste | descendeu | descendemos | descendestes | descenderam |
Pluperfect | descendera | descenderas | descendera | descendêramos | descendêreis | descenderam |
Future | descenderei | descenderás | descenderá | descenderemos | descendereis | descenderão |
Conditional | ||||||
descenderia | descenderias | descenderia | descenderíamos | descenderíeis | descenderiam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | descenda | descendas | descenda | descendamos | descendais | descendam |
Imperfect | descendesse | descendesses | descendesse | descendêssemos | descendêsseis | descendessem |
Future | descender | descenderes | descender | descendermos | descenderdes | descenderem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | descende | descenda | descendamos | descendei | descendam | |
Negative (não) | não descendas | não descenda | não descendamos | não descendais | não descendam |
Synonyms
- (to go down): descer, baixar
Related terms
- ascender
- condescender
- descendente
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish decender, decendir, borrowed from Latin dēscendō, dēscendere. Compare also the Old Spanish form deçir, which was likely inherited from the same source[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /desθenˈdeɾ/ [d̪es.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /desenˈdeɾ/ [d̪e.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: des‧cen‧der
Verb
descender (first-person singular present desciendo, first-person singular preterite descendí, past participle descendido)
- to descend
Conjugation
infinitive | descender | ||||||
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gerund | descendiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | descendido | descendida | |||||
plural | descendidos | descendidas | |||||
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 | desciendo | desciendestú descendésvos | desciende | descendemos | descendéis | descienden | |
imperfect | descendía | descendías | descendía | descendíamos | descendíais | descendían | |
preterite | descendí | descendiste | descendió | descendimos | descendisteis | descendieron | |
future | descenderé | descenderás | descenderá | descenderemos | descenderéis | descenderán | |
conditional | descendería | descenderías | descendería | descenderíamos | descenderíais | descenderían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | descienda | desciendastú descendásvos2 | descienda | descendamos | descendáis | desciendan | |
imperfect (ra) | descendiera | descendieras | descendiera | descendiéramos | descendierais | descendieran | |
imperfect (se) | descendiese | descendieses | descendiese | descendiésemos | descendieseis | descendiesen | |
future1 | descendiere | descendieres | descendiere | descendiéremos | descendiereis | descendieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | desciendetú descendévos | descienda | descendamos | descended | desciendan | ||
negative | no desciendas | no descienda | no descendamos | no descendáis | no desciendan |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive descender | |||||||
dative | descenderme | descenderte | descenderle, descenderse | descendernos | descenderos | descenderles, descenderse | |
accusative | descenderme | descenderte | descenderlo, descenderla, descenderse | descendernos | descenderos | descenderlos, descenderlas, descenderse | |
with gerund descendiendo | |||||||
dative | descendiéndome | descendiéndote | descendiéndole, descendiéndose | descendiéndonos | descendiéndoos | descendiéndoles, descendiéndose | |
accusative | descendiéndome | descendiéndote | descendiéndolo, descendiéndola, descendiéndose | descendiéndonos | descendiéndoos | descendiéndolos, descendiéndolas, descendiéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desciende | |||||||
dative | desciéndeme | desciéndete | desciéndele | desciéndenos | not used | desciéndeles | |
accusative | desciéndeme | desciéndete | desciéndelo, desciéndela | desciéndenos | not used | desciéndelos, desciéndelas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descendé | |||||||
dative | descendeme | descendete | descendele | descendenos | not used | descendeles | |
accusative | descendeme | descendete | descendelo, descendela | descendenos | not used | descendelos, descendelas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative descienda | |||||||
dative | desciéndame | not used | desciéndale, desciéndase | desciéndanos | not used | desciéndales | |
accusative | desciéndame | not used | desciéndalo, desciéndala, desciéndase | desciéndanos | not used | desciéndalos, desciéndalas | |
with first-person plural imperative descendamos | |||||||
dative | not used | descendámoste | descendámosle | descendámonos | descendámoos | descendámosles | |
accusative | not used | descendámoste | descendámoslo, descendámosla | descendámonos | descendámoos | descendámoslos, descendámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative descended | |||||||
dative | descendedme | not used | descendedle | descendednos | descendeos | descendedles | |
accusative | descendedme | not used | descendedlo, descendedla | descendednos | descendeos | descendedlos, descendedlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative desciendan | |||||||
dative | desciéndanme | not used | desciéndanle | desciéndannos | not used | desciéndanles, desciéndanse | |
accusative | desciéndanme | not used | desciéndanlo, desciéndanla | desciéndannos | not used | desciéndanlos, desciéndanlas, desciéndanse |
Derived terms
- descendente
- descendiente
- descendimiento
Related terms
- ascender
- condescender
- descendencia
- descenso
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “descender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014