aumento

See also: aumentó and aumentò

Galician

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum.

Noun

aumento m (plural aumentos)

1. increase, augmentation, expansion

Related terms

• aumentar

Etymology 2

Verb

aumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of aumentar

Further reading

• “aumento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: au‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin augmentum.

Noun

aumento m (plural aumenti)

1. increase, rise, growth

   Synonyms: crescita, incremento

   Antonym: diminuzione

Related terms

• aumentare

Etymology 2

Verb

aumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of aumentare

Further reading

• aumento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmẽ.tu/ [aʊ̯ˈmẽ.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmẽ.tu/ [aʊ̯ˈmẽ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈmẽ.to/ [aʊ̯ˈmẽ.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈmẽ.tu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: au‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin augmentum.

Noun

aumento m (plural aumentos)

1. augmentation
2. increase, growth
3. pay raise

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of aumentar

Further reading

• “aumento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aumento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈmento/ [au̯ˈmẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: au‧men‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin augmentum.

Noun

aumento m (plural aumentos)

1. increase
   • 2025 January 22, Reuters, “Nepal aumenta a US$ 15.000 la tarifa para escalar el monte Everest”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Un permiso para escalar el monte Everest de 8.849 metros (29.032 pies) costará US$ 15.000, dijo Narayan Prasad Regmi, director general del Departamento de Turismo, anunciando un aumento del 36% en la tarifa de US$ 11.000 que ha estado vigente durante casi una década.

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2. raise

   Synonym: subida

Related terms

• aumentar (see for other related terms)

Etymology 2

Verb

aumento

1. first-person singular present indicative of aumentar

Further reading

• “aumento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025