descendir

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Etymology

Early borrowing from Latin dēscendere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.sənˈdi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.senˈdiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

descendir (first-person singular present descendeixo, first-person singular preterite descendí, past participle descendit)

1. (intransitive) to descend, to go down (to pass from a higher to a lower place)

   Synonyms: baixar, davallar

2. (intransitive) to descend, to drop, to fall (to come down to a lower state)

   Synonyms: baixar, disminuir, minvar

3. (intransitive) to descend (to pass from the more general to the particular)
4. (intransitive) to descend (to come down, as from a source; to be derived)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descendir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			descendir
gerund			descendint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descendit		descendida
		plural		descendits		descendides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	descendeixo	descendeixes	descendeix	descendim	descendiu	descendeixen
	imperfect	descendia	descendies	descendia	descendíem	descendíeu	descendien
	future	descendiré	descendiràs	descendirà	descendirem	descendireu	descendiran
	preterite	descendí	descendires	descendí	descendírem	descendíreu	descendiren
	conditional	descendiria	descendiries	descendiria	descendiríem	descendiríeu	descendirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	descendeixi	descendeixis	descendeixi	descendim	descendiu	descendeixin
	imperfect	descendís	descendissis	descendís	descendíssim	descendíssiu	descendissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	descendeix	descendeixi	descendim	descendiu	descendeixin
	negative (no)	—	no descendeixis	no descendeixi	no descendim	no descendiu	no descendeixin

Related terms

• descendent