descenso

Latin

Noun

dēscēnsō

1. dative/ablative singular of dēscēnsus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēscēnsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /desˈθenso/ [d̪esˈθẽn.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deˈsenso/ [d̪eˈsẽn.so]
• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: des‧cen‧so

Noun

descenso m (plural descensos)

1. descent

   Antonyms: ascenso, ascensión

2. decline

   Synonym: declive

Derived terms

• descenso de ríos

 

Related terms

• descendencia
• descendente
• descender
• descendiente

 

Further reading

• “descenso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28