crescer
Portuguese, verb/kɾeˈse(ʁ)/
crescer is spelled C-R-E-S-C-E-R (7 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,967th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crescer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to grow (become bigger or taller)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aumentar”.
What does crescer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grow (become bigger or taller)
Infelizmente, o tumor cresceu bastante.
- 2
to grow up (to become older)
A criança crescerá e tornar-se-á um adulto.
- 3
to grow in number or extent
A população romana cresceu durante o império.
- 4
to become more important (within a group or context)
Seus comentários fizeram-na crescer na política internacional.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aumentar 2. aumentar em altura ou estatura 3. medrar 4. desenvolver-se
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of crescer
- cresço first-person present singular
- cresci first-person preterite singular
- crescido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- cresceres infinitive second-person singular
- crescermos first-person infinitive plural
- crescerdes infinitive plural second-person
- crescerem infinitive plural third-person
- crescendo gerund
- crescidos masculine participle past
- crescida feminine participle past
- crescidas feminine participle past
- cresces indicative present second-person
- cresce indicative present singular
- crescemos first-person indicative plural
- cresceis indicative plural present
- crescem indicative plural present
- crescia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crescer?
- Brazil /kɾeˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kɾeˈse(h)]
- /kɾeˈse(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crescer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crescer in Portuguese?
crescer appears 48 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).