# crecer
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin crēscere.

### Verb

crecer
* to grow

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* crescer (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese crecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Latin crēscere. Compare Portuguese crescer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɾeˈθeɾ], (western) [kɾeˈseɾ]

### Verb

crecer (first-person singular present crezo, first-person singular preterite crecín, past participle crecido) crecer (first-person singular present creço, first-person singular preterite crecim or creci, past participle crecido, reintegrationist norm)
* to grow

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* crecemento
* crecente
* crecenza

#### Related terms

* acrecer
* decrecer
* recrecer

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “crecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “crecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin crēscere.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -eɾ

### Verb

crecer
* (intransitive) to grow

#### Descendants

* Galician: crecer
* Portuguese: crescer

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "crecer"

## Portuguese
### Verb

crecer (first-person singular present creço, first-person singular preterite creci, past participle crecido)
* Obsolete spelling of crescer.

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cresçer, from Latin crēscĕre, from Proto-Italic *krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow, become bigger”). Compare French croître, Italian crescere and English crescent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /kɾeˈθeɾ/ [kɾeˈθeɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /kɾeˈseɾ/ [kɾeˈseɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: cre‧cer

### Verb

crecer (first-person singular present crezco, first-person singular preterite crecí, past participle crecido)
* to grow
    Antonym: decrecer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* agárramela que me crece
* crecer como la espuma
* creces
* monto un circo y me crecen los enanos

#### Related terms

* acrecer
* creciente
* decrecer
* recrecer

### Further reading

* “crecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10