growth spurt

English

Noun

growth spurt (plural growth spurts)

1. A sudden growth in one's body, especially during adolescence.

Translations

sudden growth in one's body

• Catalan: estirada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生長突增／生长突增 (shēngzhǎng tūzēng)

• Dutch: groeispurt (nl) m
• Finnish: kasvupyrähdys
• French: poussée de croissance f
• Galician: estirada f, estirón m, medra f
• German: Wachstumsschub (de) m
• Icelandic: vaxtarkippur m
• Portuguese: surto de crescimento m
• Romanian: puseu de creștere n
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: estirón (es) m (colloquial)

See also

• growing pains

Verb

growth spurt (third-person singular simple present growth spurts, present participle growth spurting, simple past and past participle growth spurted)

1. (informal) To undergo growth spurts.