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declina

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See also: déclina and decliná

Catalan

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Verb

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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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Verb

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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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Verb

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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 conjugation

  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

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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