descender
transitive verb
1 [+escalera, colina] to come down; go down; descend (formal)
descendió las escaleras y se nos acercó he came down o (formal) descended the stairs and approached us
2 (llevar abajo)
descender a algn to lower sb; descender algo to lower sth; descendieron al bombero al pozo they lowered the fireman o let the fireman down into the well
descendieron al gato del tejado they brought o got the cat down from the roof; un señor le ayudó a descender el equipaje a man helped her to get o reach her luggage down
intransitive verb
1 (disminuir) [+fiebre] to go down; abate; [+temperatura, precio, número, nivel] to go down; fall; drop; [+ventas, demanda, producción] to fall; drop (off) [+calidad] to go down; decline
el índice de paro descendió considerablemente unemployment has fallen o gone down considerably
2 (de un lugar a otro) [+persona] to come down; go down; descend (formal); [+avión] to descend
el río desciende limpio de la sierra the river comes o runs down clean from the mountains
3 (en orden, jerarquía) to be downgraded; be demoted; (Dep) to be relegated
ha descendido tras el reajuste de la plantilla he has been downgraded o demoted in the staff reorganization; el restaurante ha descendido de categoría the restaurant has been downgraded; su libro descendió al puesto cuarto her book went down to fourth place