decreciente

decreasing

adjective deh-kreh-SYEN-teh Rare

Also means

declining

Usage Note

Decreciente is the present-participle adjective from decrecer ('to decrease') and follows the noun it modifies: tendencia decreciente ('decreasing trend'). Its antonym is creciente ('growing, increasing'). Like all adjectives ending in -nte, it has the same form for masculine and feminine.

Examples

"La población muestra una tendencia decreciente."

Natural Translation

The population shows a decreasing trend.

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