descend

descend
di'send
verb
1) (to go or climb down from a higher place or position: He descended the staircase.) descender, bajar
2) (to slope downwards: The hills descend to the sea.) descender
3) ((with on) to make a sudden attack on: The soldiers descended on the helpless villagers.) atacar, caer sobre, lanzarse sobre
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- descent
- be descended from
descend vb descender / bajar
descend
tr[dɪ'send]
intransitive verb
1 (road, sun, plane, etc) descender, bajar
2 (in importance) descender
3 (night, darkness) caer; (mist) descender; (rain) caer; (silence, gloom) abatirse (on/upon, sobre)
4 (of properties, qualities, rights, etc) provenir
■ the title descended to him from his father heredó el título de su padre
transitive verb
1 descender, bajar
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be descended from somebody ser descendiente de alguien, descender de alguien
descend [di'sɛnd] vt
: descender, bajar
descend vi
1) : descender, bajar
he descended from the platform: descendió del estrado
2) derive: descender, provenir
3) stoop: rebajarse
I descended to his level: me rebajé a su nivel
4)
to descend upon : caer sobre, invadir
descend
v.
• bajar v.
• descender v.
• descolgar v.
dɪ'send
1.
intransitive verb
1) (move downwards) descender* (frml), bajar
2) descending pres p descendente

in descending order of importance — en orden decreciente or descendente de importancia

3) (set in) \<\<mist\>\> descender* (frml); \<\<rain\>\> caer*; \<\<silence/gloom\>\> abatirse (liter)
4) (stoop)

to descend TO something/-ING — rebajarse a algo/+ inf

don't descend to his level — no te pongas a su nivel

5) (be descended)

to descend FROM somebody — descender* de alguien, ser* descendiente de alguien


2.
vt descender* (frml), bajar
Phrasal Verbs:
[dɪ'send]
1. VT
1) frm (=go down) [+ stairs] descender, bajar
2) (=originate)

to be descended from sb — descender de algn

2. VI
1) frm (=go down) descender, bajar (from de)
descending
2) (=invade, take over)

to descend (up)on — [fog, silence] caer sobre; [army, reporters] invadir; hum [visitors] invadir

we've got the whole family descending on us this weekend — nos va a invadir toda la familia este fin de semana

3) (=sink)

I'd never descend to that level — nunca me rebajaría a ese nivel

to descend to doing sth — rebajarse a hacer algo

4) (=be inherited) [property, custom] pasar (to a)
5) (=originate)

to descend from — [+ ancestors] descender de

his family descends from William the Conqueror — su familia desciende de Guillermo el Conquistador

* * *
[dɪ'send]
1.
intransitive verb
1) (move downwards) descender* (frml), bajar
2) descending pres p descendente

in descending order of importance — en orden decreciente or descendente de importancia

3) (set in) \<\<mist\>\> descender* (frml); \<\<rain\>\> caer*; \<\<silence/gloom\>\> abatirse (liter)
4) (stoop)

to descend TO something/-ING — rebajarse a algo/+ inf

don't descend to his level — no te pongas a su nivel

5) (be descended)

to descend FROM somebody — descender* de alguien, ser* descendiente de alguien


2.
vt descender* (frml), bajar
Phrasal Verbs:

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