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English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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- debt, debtor, debut, decade, decadence, decadent, decant, decanter, decapitate, decay, decease, deceased, deceitful, deceive, December, decency, decent, decently, decentralisation


decay


- noun
- decadencia

EN In the universal decay this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousands of centuries.
GL Naquela decadencia universal sobrevivira casualmente esta substancia volátil, quizais ó longo de moitos milleiros de séculos.
- Fonte: TEM (1484)
- esmorecemento

EN It marked, further, the decay or going to pieces of his moral nature, a vain thing and a handicap in the ruthless struggle for existence.
GL Demostrou tamén o esmorecemento do seu antigo código moral, que era agora algo superfluo ademais de perxudicial na despiadada loita pola existencia.
- Fonte: CHA (337)


- intransitive verb
- decaer

EN But in whatever way this difficulty may be disposed of, one point is clear to my judgment: that literature must decay, unless we have a class wholly dedicated to that service, not pursuing it as an amusement only with wearied and pre-occupied minds.
GL Pero, de calquera xeito que se dispoña desta dificultade, un punto está claro para o meu xuízo: que a literatura ten que decaer se non temos unha clase completamente dedicada ó seu servicio --non perseguíndoa só como divertimento, con mentes cansadas e preocupadas--.
- Fonte: LET (104)