Meaning
to downgrade, demote
- To reduce to a lower rank, grade, or level.
- To downgrade the financial rating or status of an entity or asset.
In a sentence
L'agenzia ha deciso di declassare il merito di credito del paese.
The agency decided to downgrade the country's credit rating.
Perché hanno declassato quel funzionario a una mansione inferiore?
Why did they demote that official to a lower role?
La direzione non intende declassare il progetto a semplice bozza.
Management does not intend to downgrade the project to a mere draft.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| declassare | infinitive |
| declasso | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| declassi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| declassa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| declassiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| declassate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| declassano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| declassavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| declassavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| declassava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| declassavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| declassavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| declassavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| declassai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| declassasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| declassò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| declassammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| declassaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| declassarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| declasserò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| declasserai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| declasserà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| declasseremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| declasserete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| declasseranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| declassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| declassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| declassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| declassiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| declassiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| declassino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| declassassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| declassassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| declassasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| declassassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| declassaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| declassassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| declasserei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| declasseresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| declasserebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| declasseremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| declassereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| declasserebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| declassa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| declassiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| declassate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| declassando | gerund |
| declassato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the auxiliary avere in compound tenses.
- Common in corporate, administrative, and financial contexts.