The present tense of descender is used to describe actions happening right now or habitual actions, for example: Ella desciende las escaleras con cuidado. (She goes down the stairs carefully.)

Descender is a stem-changing verb, meaning the stem vowel changes from e to ie in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Descender (to descend) in the Present Tense tense (Latin American Spanish):

Descender generally means to go down or descend, but has several different meanings in the Present Tense, some of which might surprise you.

Literal meaning: To move downwards from a higher to a lower place or position, for example, Desciendo las escaleras (I go down the stairs).

Figurative meaning: To decrease in value, intensity or amount, for example, Los precios descienden durante las rebajas (Prices go down during sales).

Genealogical meaning: To be descended from someone or something, for example, Desciendo de una familia humilde (I descend from a humble family).

Colloquial meaning: To relax or take it easy, for example, Después de un día duro, desciendo en el sofá (After a hard day, I chill out on the couch).

Rude meaning: To degrade or lower oneself, often used in a sexual context, for example, No puedo creer que desciendas a ese nivel (I can’t believe you would stoop to that level).

Examples

Examples of Descender in the Present Tense

Cada mañana, desciendo las escaleras para desayunar. (Every morning, I go downstairs to have breakfast.)

Mis amigos y yo descendemos la montaña con cuidado después de la caminata. (My friends and I carefully descend the mountain after the hike.)

El avión desciende lentamente mientras se prepara para aterrizar. (The plane descends slowly as it prepares to land.)

Los paracaidistas descienden suavemente desde el cielo. (The skydivers gently descend from the sky.)

Cuando llego al sótano, desciendo los últimos escalones. (When I get to the basement, I descend the last few steps.)

Los espeleólogos descienden con cuerdas a la cueva profunda. (The cavers descend with ropes into the deep cave.)

El ascensor desciende rápidamente hasta el lobby. (The elevator quickly descends to the lobby.)

Los buzos descienden al fondo del océano para explorar los arrecifes de coral. (The divers descend to the bottom of the ocean to explore the coral reefs.)

Después de la fiesta, todos descendemos las escaleras del edificio. (After the party, we all descend the stairs of the building.)

El sol desciende lentamente en el horizonte al final del día. (The sun slowly descends on the horizon at the end of the day.)

Los escaladores descienden con cuidado por la pared rocosa. (The climbers carefully descend the rocky wall.)

Cuando llego al estacionamiento subterráneo, desciendo la rampa en espiral. (When I get to the underground parking lot, I descend the spiral ramp.)

Los mineros descienden al pozo en una jaula de acero. (The miners descend into the mine shaft in a steel cage.)

Después de un largo día de trabajo, desciendo las escaleras y me relajo en el sofá. (After a long day at work, I descend the stairs and relax on the couch.)

Los bomberos descienden rápidamente por la escalera de incendios durante una emergencia. (The firefighters quickly descend the fire escape during an emergency.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Descender (to descend) in the Present Tense tense (Latin American Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Present tense is also known as the Simple Present, Present Simple, Present Tense, or Present Indicative in English, and as Presente de Indicativo, Presente Simple, Tiempo Presente, or Indicativo Presente in Spanish.