decadencia

See also: decadència and decadência

Galician

Alternative forms

• decadência (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dekaˈdɛnθja/ [d̪e.kɑˈð̞ɛn̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /dekaˈdɛnθja/ [d̪e.kɑˈð̞ɛn̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /dekaˈdɛnsja/ [d̪e.kɑˈð̞ɛn.sjɐ]

 

• • Rhymes: -ɛnθja

• • Rhymes: -ɛnθja
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsja

 

• IPA^(key): /dekaˈdenθja/ [d̪e.kɑˈð̞en̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /dekaˈdenθja/ [d̪e.kɑˈð̞en̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /dekaˈdensja/ [d̪e.kɑˈð̞en.sjɐ]

 

• • Rhymes: -enθja

• • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja

• Hyphenation: de‧ca‧den‧cia

Noun

decadencia f (plural decadencias)

1. decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
2. decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)

Related terms

• decadente
• decaer

Further reading

• “decadencia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decadentia, from decadens, or possibly through French décadence, cf. Italian decadenza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dekaˈdenθja/ [d̪e.kaˈð̞ẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /dekaˈdensja/ [d̪e.kaˈð̞ẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: de‧ca‧den‧cia

Noun

decadencia f (plural decadencias)

1. decline, decay (deterioration of condition)
2. decadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)

Derived terms

• en decadencia

Related terms

• cadencia
• decadente
• decaer

Further reading

• “decadencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025