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declina

See also: déclina and decliná

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declina

  1. inflection of declinar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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declina

  1. inflection of declinare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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dēclīnā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēclīnō

Portuguese

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declina

  1. inflection of declinar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French décliner, Latin dēclīnō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.kliˈna/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: de‧cli‧na

Verb

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a declina (third-person singular present declină or (obsolete) declinează, past participle declinat) 1st conj.

  1. (transitive, grammar) to decline
  2. (transitive, formal or literary) to refuse, to decline (a task, a responsibility, an honour)
    Synonyms: refuza, respinge
  3. (transitive, formal) to make known, reveal something about oneself
    Synonym: dezvălui
    • 1997 May 23, Dan Brie, Adevărul de Cluj‎[1], number 1978 (newspaper), →ISSN, page 4:
      Surse care nu doresc să își decline identitatea afirmă că […]
      Sources which do not wish to reveal their identity state that […]
  4. (intransitive, literary, uncommon, of heavenly bodies) to set
    Synonyms: apune, asfinți, coborî
  5. (intransitive, literary, uncommon) to wane

Conjugation

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    conjugation of declina (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a declina
gerund declinând
past participle declinat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present declin declini declină declinăm declinați declină
imperfect declinam declinai declina declinam declinați declinau
simple perfect declinai declinași declină declinarăm declinarăți declinară
pluperfect declinasem declinaseși declinase declinaserăm declinaserăți declinaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să declin să declini să decline să declinăm să declinați să decline
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative declină declinați
negative nu declina nu declinați

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Spanish

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declina

  1. inflection of declinar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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