descent in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for descent in the English»Spanish Dictionary

descent [Am dəˈsɛnt, Brit dɪˈsɛnt] N

1.1. descent U or C (by climbers, plane):

descent

descenso m

descent

bajada f

1.2. descent U or C (in terrain):

descent

pendiente f

descent

bajada f

it's a very steep descent

es una pendiente or bajada muy empinada

the land makes a sharp descent to the sea

el terreno cae en una pendiente muy pronunciada hasta el mar

2. descent U (decline):

descent

caída f

3.1. descent U (lineage):

descent

ascendencia f

she's of noble descent

es de ascendencia noble

she's of noble descent

desciende de nobles

3.2. descent U (transmission):

descent

transmisión f

4. descent C (raid):

descent

incursión f

descent

asalto m

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lineal descent

en línea directa

collateral relative/descent

colateral

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linaje

descent

de noble linaje

of noble lineage o descent o origin

la línea recta descendente LAW

the direct line of descent

injerto (injerta)

person of mixed Amerindian and Chinese descent

una familia de rancio abolengo

a family of noble ancestry o descent

cambujo (cambuja)

person with one parent of Chinese descent, the other of mixed Amerindian and Black descent

el criollaje

the Creoles (of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)

es de ascendencia francesa

he is of French descent o extraction o ancestry

descent in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for descent in the English»Spanish Dictionary

descent [dɪˈsent] N

1. descent:

descent (landing approach)

descenso m

descent (way down)

bajada f

2. descent (decline):

descent

declive m

3. descent no pl (ancestry):

descent

origen m

of Irish descent

de ascendencia irlandesa

Translations for descent in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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ascendencia

descent

de ascendencia escocesa

of Scottish descent

de rancio abolengo

of noble descent

de rancio linaje

of ancient descent

descenso

descent

bajada

descent

acholado (-a)

mestizo (of mixed Spanish American and American Indian descent)

transmisión

descent

origen

descent

descent Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

of Irish descent

de ascendencia irlandesa

mestizo (of mixed Spanish American and American Indian descent)

acholado (-a)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In this system, relatives are sorted according to their descent and their gender.

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The whole descent took 13 minutes and 45 seconds and set a world record for the highest parachute jump.

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Its descent has not been traced from that time until the end of the 18th century.

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Figure eights allow fast but controlled descent on a rope.

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The jetliner hit the ground at, with a descent rate of.

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This generality is used in preconditioned gradient descent methods.

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