crescimento

Portuguese

Etymology

From crescer (“to grow”) +‎ -mento. Cognate with Galician crecemento, Spanish crecimiento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾe.siˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾe.siˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾe.siˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /kɾɨʃ.siˈmẽ.tu/, /kɾɨ.ʃiˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: cres‧ci‧men‧to

Noun

crescimento m (uncountable)

1. growth (an increase in size, number, value, or strength)

   Synonym: aumento

   Antonym: decrescimento

Related terms

• crescer
• crescido

Further reading

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