decrecer

• decrescer (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese decrecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Latin decrescere.

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: de‧cre‧cer

decrecer (first-person singular present decrezo, first-person singular preterite decrecín, past participle decrecido)

1. to decrease

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “decrecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “decrecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “decrecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “decrecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• descrecer (obsolete)

This form was borrowed from Latin decrēscere.^[1] Cf. also the older form, which may be an internal formation.

• IPA^(key): /dekɾeˈθeɾ/ [d̪e.kɾeˈθeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /dekɾeˈseɾ/ [d̪e.kɾeˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: de‧cre‧cer

decrecer (first-person singular present decrezco, first-person singular preterite decrecí, past participle decrecido)

1. to decrease

• crecer
• decreciente
• decrecimiento, decremento

• “decrecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024