recrudescer
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.kɾu.deˈse(ʁ)/
recrudescer is spelled R-E-C-R-U-D-E-S-C-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recrudescer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to intensify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar a se agravar”.
What does recrudescer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intensify
- 2
to exacerbate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar a se agravar 2. exacerbar-se 3. crescer 4. aumentar
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 recrudescer
- recrudesço first-person present singular
- recrudesci first-person preterite singular
- recrudescido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- recrudesceres infinitive second-person singular
- recrudescermos first-person infinitive plural
- recrudescerdes infinitive plural second-person
- recrudescerem infinitive plural third-person
- recrudescendo gerund
- recrudescidos masculine participle past
- recrudescida feminine participle past
- recrudescidas feminine participle past
- recrudesces indicative present second-person
- recrudesce indicative present singular
- recrudescemos first-person indicative plural
- recrudesceis indicative plural present
- recrudescem indicative plural present
- recrudescia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recrudescer?
- Brazil /ʁe.kɾu.deˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.kɾu.deˈse(h)]
- /ʁe.kɾu.deˈse(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recrudescer in Portuguese?
recrudescer appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).