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descent [dɪˈsent]
sustantivo
1. descenso (m) (way down)
2. ascendencia (f) (ancestry)
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descent [di-sent]
sustantivo
1. Descenso, bajada (by climbers, plane); descendimiento; descensión; pendiente, declive, bajada (in terrain).
2. Alcurnia, descendencia, origen, nacimiento, linaje, ascendencia (lineage).
3. Descendencia, posteridad, herederos.
- Of a noble descent -> de nacimiento ilustre
4. Descendencia, sucesión.
5. Invasión, acción de invadir el enemigo.
6. Oblicuidad, inclinación, caída (decline); degradación.
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