decadencia
Spanish, noun/dekaˈdenθja/
decadencia is spelled D-E-C-A-D-E-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decadencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “decline, decay (deterioration of condition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se dice del hecho de decaer”.
What does decadencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecline, decay (deterioration of condition)
- 2
femininedecadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Se dice del hecho de decaer. 2. Comienzo de ruina o debilidad en cualquier etapa o ámbito. 3. Proceso de decaimiento de un sistema social.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of decadencia
- decadencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decadencia?
- /dekaˈdenθja/
- [d̪e.kaˈð̞ẽn̟.θja]
- /dekaˈdensja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decadencia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decadencia in Spanish?
decadencia appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).