crecer
Spanish, verb/kɾeˈθeɾ/
crecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to grow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “De una persona o animal: hacerse más grande, sobre todo en estatura”.
What does crecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grow
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. De una persona o animal: hacerse más grande, sobre todo en estatura. 2. Aumentar de tamaño. 3. Aumentar la Luna su parte visible a la Tierra.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of crecer
- crezco first-person present singular
- crecí first-person preterite singular
- crecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- creciendo gerund
- crecida feminine participle past
- crecidos masculine participle past
- crecidas feminine participle past
- creces indicative informal present
- crecés indicative informal present
- crece indicative present singular
- crecemos first-person indicative plural
- crecéis indicative plural present
- crecen indicative plural present
- crecía first-person imperfect indicative
- crecías imperfect indicative second-person
- crecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- crecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crecer?
- /kɾeˈθeɾ/
- [kɾeˈθeɾ]
- /kɾeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crecer in Spanish?
crecer appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).