crescendo
Portuguese, noun/kɾɨʃˈsẽ.du/
crescendo is spelled C-R-E-S-C-E-N-D-O (9 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,799th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crescendo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crescendo (music to be play gradually more loudly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a gerund of crescer; "growing".
What does crescendo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrescendo (music to be play gradually more loudly)
verb
- 1
gerund of crescer; "growing"
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of crescendo
- crescendos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crescendo?
- Portugal /kɾɨʃˈsẽ.du/
- Portugal /kɾɨˈʃẽ.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crescendo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crescendo in Portuguese?
crescendo appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).