él desciende

goes down, descends, is descended

→ descender
des undo, remove, or reverse + ciend go down + e 3rd-person singular present (also tú command)
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #50,531
goes down, descends
SP: El camino desciende hasta el río.
EN: The road goes down to the river.
is descended
SP: Ella desciende de una familia de músicos.
EN: She is descended from a family of musicians.
Conjugation of descender
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third desciende —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third desciende —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second desciende —

Y que un ascensor simplemente desciende hacia la tierra.

And that an elevator simply descends to earth.

— Los ilusionistas 3: Ahora me ves, ahora no (2025)

Martina dijo «desciende », y aquí estaba.

Martina said, “Get down,” and here I was.

El camino desciende.

The road descends.

El río desciende desde las montañas hasta la bahía.

The river descends from the mountains to the bay.

Piensa; el ser humano desciende directamente del mono, ¿verdad?

Think about it; humans descended directly from monkeys, right?

— Akira (1988)