descida

Portuguese

Etymology

From descer +‎ -ida, from Old Galician-Portuguese decer.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /dɨʃˈsi.dɐ/ [dɨʃˈsi.ðɐ], /dɨˈʃi.dɐ/ [dɨˈʃi.ðɐ]

• • Homophone: decida

Noun

descida f (plural descidas)

1. decline (a downward slope)

   Synonym: declive

   Antonyms: aclive, subida

   O carro acelerou na descida. ― The car accelerated in the decline.

2. descent (instance of descending, going down)

   Synonym: descimento

   Antonyms: ascenção, subida, subimento

   A descida foi difícil para os alpinistas. ― The descent was difficult for the climbers.

3. an instance of a value becoming smaller

   Synonyms: baixa, diminuição

   Antonym: subida

   Ocorreu uma descida nos preços. ― A lowering of prices occurred.

Hypernyms

• (downward slope): escarpa, ladeira, rampa, talude

Derived terms

• descidinha (diminutive)
• descidona (augmentative)

Related terms

• descer
• descimento

Participle

descida f sg

1. feminine singular of descido

Further reading

• “descida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “descida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025