declinare

"to decline;

Ablehnen;

reprovar"

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1. v/t decline

declinare ogni responsabilità disclaim all responsibility

2. v/i (tramontare) set

(diminuire) decline

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declinare v.tr.

1 (gramm.) to decline, to inflect: declinare un nome, to inflect (o to decline) a noun

2 (rifiutare) to decline, to refuse: declinare un invito, to decline an invitation; declinare un'offerta, una proposta, to decline an offer; declinare ogni responsabilità, to refuse all responsibility; (dir.) declinare la competenza, la giurisdizione, to deny to have (power of) cognizance, jurisdiction

3 declinare le proprie generalità, to say (o to state) one's name and surname

◆ v. intr.

1 (del sole) to set*; (della vita) to decline, to draw* to an end: il sole declina, the sun is setting; la sua vita declina, his life is drawing to an end

2 (degradare) to slope down: la collina declina dolcemente, the hill slopes gently down

3 (venir meno) to decline, to wane: le sue forze stanno declinando, his strength is declining (o waning)

4 (deviare) to deviate: declinare dalla virtù, to deviate from the straight and narrow.

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[dekli'nare]

1. vi

(aus avere) (pendio) to slope down, (fig : popolarità) to decline

2. vt

1) Gramm to decline

2) (rifiutare: invito, offerta) to decline, turn down

ho declinato l'offerta — I turned down the offer

declinare ogni responsabilità — to disclaim all responsibility

3)

declinare le proprie generalità frm — to give one's particulars

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[dekli'nare] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) (rifiutare) to decline, to refuse [invito, offerta]

declinare ogni responsabilità per — to deny liability for

2) ling. to decline, to inflect

3) burocr. to give* [generalità]

2.

verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

1) (digradare) [colline] to slope down

2) (volgere al termine) [giorno] to draw* to an end; (calare) [sole] to go* down

3) fig. (venir meno) [forza] to ebb away; [autorità] to decline

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declinare

/dekli'nare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (rifiutare) to decline, to refuse [invito, offerta]; declinare ogni responsabilità per to deny liability for

 2 ling. to decline, to inflect

 3 burocr. to give* [generalità]

II verbo intransitivo

 (aus. avere)

 1 (digradare) [colline] to slope down

 2 (volgere al termine) [giorno] to draw* to an end; (calare) [sole] to go* down

 3 fig. (venir meno) [forza] to ebb away; [autorità] to decline.