descend

descender, bajar

Ir de un lugar más alto a otro más bajo, a menudo por escaleras o una pendiente.

En inglés sencillo: To move from a higher place to a lower place, often along steps or a slope.

• We descended the stairs slowly.
• The plane began to descend through the clouds.
• They descended the steep path to the beach.

Cómo se usa: descend into something (We descended into the valley before sunset.); descend from something (The hikers descended from the ridge.)

Sinónimos: go down, come down

Antónimos: ascend

Expresiones frecuentes: descend the stairs, descend a slope, descend into something

descender

Tener a una persona o grupo determinados entre tus antepasados.

En inglés sencillo: To have a particular person or group as ancestors in your family’s past.

• He is descended from farmers.
• Their family descends from settlers who arrived two centuries ago.
• Are you descended from anyone famous?

Cómo se usa: be descended from someone (She is descended from a family of sailors.)

Expresiones frecuentes: descend from someone, descend from immigrants, descend from something

caer sobre, abalanzarse sobre

Llegar de repente, a menudo en gran número o para atacar.

En inglés sencillo: To arrive suddenly, often as a large group or in order to attack.

• Soldiers descended on the village.
• Hundreds of fans descended on the small town.
• The attackers descended upon the camp without warning.

Cómo se usa: descend on someone/something (A crowd of reporters descended on the house.); descend upon someone/something (Armed raiders descended upon the village at dawn.)

Sinónimos: swoop down on, fall upon

Expresiones frecuentes: descend on someone, descend upon something