crescer

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === crecer (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese crecer, from Latin crēscere (“to grow”), from Proto-Italic *krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow, become bigger”). === Pronunciation === (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾe.ˈse(h)/ Hyphenation: cres‧cer === Verb === crescer (first-person singular present cresço, first-person singular preterite cresci, past participle crescido) (intransitive) to grow (become bigger or taller) Synonyms: expandir, aumentar Antonyms: decrescer, diminuir (intransitive) to grow up (to become older) Synonym: medrar (intransitive) to grow in number or extent Synonyms: aumentar, multiplicar, multiplicar-se, expandir, subir Antonyms: decrescer, diminuir, baixar (intransitive) to become more important (within a group or context) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:crescer. ==== Related terms ==== crescente crescido crescimento ==== Descendants ==== Macanese: crecê → Ambonese Malay: garser === Further reading === “crescer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “crescer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “crescer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “crescer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026