Spanish Conversation · Level 4
87 words
Spanish word
crecer
Pronunciation
IPA/kɾeˈθeɾ/
Meaning
- verbgrow up, grow
Example
Mi hijo crece muy rápido.
My son is growing up very fast.
More examples
La población de la ciudad crece poco a poco.
The city's population grows gradually.
Core concept
An upward trend in a bar chart.
Common phrases
crecer poco a poco
grow gradually
dejar crecer
allow to grow
Similar words
desarrollarse: Develops abilities or character traits gradually over a period of time.
madurar: Matures emotionally and in judgment as experience and years accumulate.
mejorar: Becomes better in ability or condition after practice or time.
progresar: Makes steady progress through study, practice, or repeated effort.
Definition in Spanish
Desarrollarse o incrementarse gradualmente, aplicado a cualidades, cantidades y organismos.
Word origin
Derived from Latin crescere 'to increase', carried into Spanish by the Romance languages and applied to qualities, quantities, and organisms.
Usage tips
- Usually intransitive in Spanish, so to say 'grow something' use hacer crecer or aumentar depending on whether the idea is to make something grow or merely to increase it.
Other meanings
- grow longerverb
- increaseverb
Opposites
- estancarsestagnateverb
- menguarwaneverb
Related words
- crecienteincreasingadjective