Significado
to decline, turn down
- To politely refuse or decline an offer, invitation, or responsibility
- To slope downwards or gradually deteriorate
- To decline grammatically (nouns, adjectives, pronouns)
En una frase
Siamo spiacenti di dover declinare la vostra cortese proposta.
We regret that we must decline your kind proposal.
La direzione declina ogni responsabilità per eventuali smarrimenti.
Management disclaims all responsibility for any lost items.
Perché ha declinato l'invito alla cerimonia inaugurale?
Why did he decline the invitation to the opening ceremony?
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| declinare | infinitive |
| declino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| declini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| declina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decliniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| declinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| declinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| declinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| declinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| declinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| declinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| declinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| declinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| declinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| declinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| declinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| declinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| declinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| declinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| declinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| declinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| declinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| declineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| declinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| declineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| declini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| declini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| declini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| decliniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| decliniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| declinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| declinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| declinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| declinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| declinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| declinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| declinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| declinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| declineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| declinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| declineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| declinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| declinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| declina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| decliniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| declinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| declinando | gerund |
| declinato | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Formal: commonly used in polite refusals like 'declinare l'invito' or 'declinare ogni responsabilità'.
- Takes 'avere' when transitive; 'essere' or 'avere' depending on context when intransitive.