verb
descender
descend
Ir hacia abajo desde un lugar más alto a otro más bajo.
Definition & meaning
Descender means to descend, go down, or move from a higher place to a lower one. It can also mean:
- To decrease or fall, as in a drop in temperature or prices.
- To descend from someone, in the sense of family ancestry.
- To relegate or be relegated to a lower division in sports.
Grammar & Word origin
Descender is a regular -er verb. It can be intransitive, meaning “to go down,” or transitive, meaning “to go down something.”
It comes from Latin descendere, formed from de- (“down”) and scandere (“to climb”).
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonyms
- bajar — “to go down” or “to lower”; more common in everyday speech.
- disminuir — “to decrease”; used for quantities or levels, not physical movement.
- provenir — “to originate” or “come from”; overlaps with the ancestry sense.
Antonyms
- ascender — “to ascend” or “rise”; the direct opposite for movement or rank.
- aumentar — “to increase”; the opposite when referring to quantities or levels.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
El avión empezó a descender lentamente.verb
The plane began to descend slowly.
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