descend

[dɪ'send] 1.

verbo transitivo scendere [steps, slope, path]

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) (go down) [person, plane] scendere; [path] discendere

2) (fall) [darkness] calare; [rain, mist] scendere, cadere (on, over su)

3) (be felt) [gloom, exhaustion] calare, abbattersi (on su); [peace] scendere (on su)

4) (arrive) arrivare, piombare

to descend on sb., Oxford — piombare a casa di qcn., arrivare a Oxford

5) (be related to)

to descend o be descended from — [person, family] discendere da

6) (sink)

to descend to doing — abbassarsi a fare

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[di'send]

verb

1) (to go or climb down from a higher place or position: He descended the staircase.) discendere, scendere

2) (to slope downwards: The hills descend to the sea.) scendere

3) ((with on) to make a sudden attack on: The soldiers descended on the helpless villagers.) piombare su

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- descendant

- descent
- be descended from

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[dɪ'send] 1.

verbo transitivo scendere [steps, slope, path]

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) (go down) [person, plane] scendere; [path] discendere

2) (fall) [darkness] calare; [rain, mist] scendere, cadere (on, over su)

3) (be felt) [gloom, exhaustion] calare, abbattersi (on su); [peace] scendere (on su)

4) (arrive) arrivare, piombare

to descend on sb., Oxford — piombare a casa di qcn., arrivare a Oxford

5) (be related to)

to descend o be descended from — [person, family] discendere da

6) (sink)

to descend to doing — abbassarsi a fare