slump
 noun
 recesión
EN But in the economic slump of the early 1990s, the high-tech firms reaped a bonus, spinning off janitorial work, along with such services as landscaping and security, to competing independent contractors and substantially bringing down the cost of janitors' labour, to around $8 an hour.
GL Pero as empresas aproveitaron a recesión de comezos dos anos noventa para subcontrataren as actividades de limpeza, xardinería e vixilancia. Dada a competencia existente, a tarifa baixou a 8 dólares.
 Fonte: C08 (441)
intransitive verb
..... to slump down
deixarse caer
EN He slumped down on the divan, and he told me a long time later (for lovers talk and reconstruct the smallest details if they can find a listener) that there it was he took his second real look at her.
GL Deixouse caer no diván e moito tempo despois confesoume (porque os namorados describen ata o máis mínimo detalle se atopan alguén que os escoite) que foi entón cando a contemplou por segunda vez.
Fonte: TER (1099)
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slowness, slug, sluggish, sluggishly, sluggishness, slum, slumber, slumbering, slumbrous, slump, slur, slush, slushy, sly, slyly, smack, smacking, small, small-scale