acrecer

From Old Galician-Portuguese acrecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Latin accrescere, present active infinitive of accrescō.

• IPA^(key): [akɾeˈθeɾ], (western) [akɾeˈseɾ]

acrecer (first-person singular present acrezo, first-person singular preterite acrecín, past participle acrecido)

1. to increase

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “acrecer”, 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) “acrecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acrecer”, 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), “acrecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Latin accrēscere, from ad + crēscō. Compare English accrue.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /akɾeˈθeɾ/ [a.kɾeˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /akɾeˈseɾ/ [a.kɾeˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cre‧cer

acrecer (first-person singular present acrezco, first-person singular preterite acrecí, past participle acrecido)

1. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to increase

   Synonym: aumentar

• “acrecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014