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crescere

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin crēscere, from Proto-Italic *krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (to grow, become bigger).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkreʃ.ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -eʃʃere
  • Hyphenation: cré‧sce‧re
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Verb

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créscere (first-person singular present crésco, first-person singular past historic crébbi, past participle cresciùto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to grow, to increase, to expand [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to progress [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive) to increase
  4. (transitive) to grow, to cultivate

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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crēscere

  1. present active infinitive of crēscō