cresco

Meaning

1. (conjugation-3) to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment
2. (conjugation-3) to come to be
3. (conjugation-3) to become visible, spring from, arise, come forth

Concepts

increase

grow

eke

increment

rise

swell

arise

spring forth

augment

expand

Opposite of

dēcrēscō, cēdō, concēdō, decēdō, excēdō, discēdō, pereō, intereō

Synonyms

augmentare

accumulo

adaugeo

alesco

alo

augeo

incito

adolesco

multiplico

accumulō

grandesco

Translations

büyümek

aumentar

vermehren

augmenter

crescere

αυξάνω

aumentar

aumentare

accroître

ingrandire

sich vergrößern

groeien

vergrößern

croître

étendre

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkreːs.koː]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti, from the root *ḱer- (“to grow, become bigger”), whence also Latin creō, as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *krěti (“to intensify”).