Information about the word dwindle (English → Esperanto: malpliiĝi)

Synonyms: decrease, diminish, drop, fall, reduce, shrink, ease

Part of speechverb

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) dwindle(I) dwindled
(thou) dwindlest(thou) dwindledst
(he) dwindles, dwindleth(he) dwindled
(we) dwindle(we) dwindled
(you) dwindle(you) dwindled
(they) dwindle(they) dwindled
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) dwindle (I) dwindled
(thou) dwindle(thou) dwindled
(he) dwindle(he) dwindled
(we) dwindle(we) dwindled
(you) dwindle(you) dwindled
(they) dwindle(they) dwindled
Participles
Present participlePast participle
dwindlingdwindled

Usage samples

The sound dwindled to nothing.
I think his ability to effectively govern is dwindling by the hour.

Translations

Afrikaansverminder
Dutchafnemen; slinken; verminderen
Esperantomalpliiĝi
Frenchs’abaisser; s’amoindrir
Italiandiminuire
Spanishdisminuir