crescer

Meaning

(intransitive) to grow (become bigger or taller)
(intransitive) to grow up (to become older)
(intransitive) to grow in number or extent
(intransitive) to become more important (within a group or context)

get bigger

increase up

Opposite of

decrescer, diminuir, baixar

avultar

expandir-se

avolumar-se

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɾeˈse(ʁ)/

Inherited from Latin

cresco

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese crecer, from Latin crēscere (“to grow”), from Proto-Italic *krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow, become bigger”).

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