decadente
Spanish, adjective/dekaˈdente/
decadente is spelled D-E-C-A-D-E-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,332nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decadente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “decaying, deteriorating, in decline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que decae”.
What does decadente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedecaying, deteriorating, in decline
- 2
femininemasculinedecadent (characterized by moral or cultural decline)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que decae. 2. Que se halla en decadencia. 3. Caracterizado por un declive moral o cultural.
noun: 1. Partidario del decadentismo.
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 decadente
- decadentes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decadente?
- /dekaˈdente/
- [d̪e.kaˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
- [d̪ekaˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decadente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decadente in Spanish?
decadente appears 1.6 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).