What does declinar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word declinar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use declinar in Portuguese.

The word declinar in Portuguese means decline, flexionar, declinar, cair, declinar, decair, diminuir, declinar, baixar, cair, declinar, declinar, declinar, declinar. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word declinar

decline

flexionar, declinar

transitive verb (verb: conjugate) (verbo: conjugar)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
You can inflect a verb to change its tense.

cair, declinar, decair

intransitive verb (figurative (drop, decline rapidly)

As temperaturas caíram rapidamente ao longo do dia.
Temperatures plummeted rapidly throughout the day.

diminuir, declinar, baixar, cair

intransitive verb (numbers: become fewer, lower) (números)

Taxas de infecção pelo HIV finalmente começaram a diminuir.
Rates of HIV infection have finally begun to descend.

declinar

intransitive verb (decline) (declínio)

A força de Susan estava começando a declinar quando ela viu a linha de chegada.
Susan's strength was starting to ebb by the time she saw the finish line.

declinar

intransitive verb (decline: skills)

O jogador declinou um pouco em relação ao ótimo jogo do ano passado.
The player slipped some from his outstanding play last year.

declinar

intransitive verb (go downwards)

A colina declina acentuadamente neste ponto.
The hill declines sharply at this point.

declinar

transitive verb (inflect: a part of speech) (gramática)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
O professor de latim pediu a seus alunos que declinassem o substantivo.
The Latin teacher asked his students to decline the noun.

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