medrar

Asturian

Etymology

Compare Spanish medrar.

Verb

medrar

1. to grow, thrive

Conjugation

Conjugation of medrar

infinitive		medrar
gerund		medrando
past participle		m medráu, f medrada, n medrao, m pl medraos, f pl medraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	medro	medres	medra	medramos	medráis	medren
	imperfect	medraba	medrabes	medraba	medrábemos, medrábamos	medrabeis, medrabais	medraben
	preterite	medré	medrasti, medresti	medró	medremos	medrastis, medrestis	medraron
	pluperfect	medrare, medrara	medrares, medraras	medrare, medrara	medráremos, medráramos	medrareis, medrarais	medraren, medraran
	future	medraré	medrarás	medrará	medraremos	medraréis	medrarán
	conditional	medraría	medraríes	medraría	medraríemos, medraríamos	medraríeis, medraríais	medraríen
subjunctive	present	medre	medres, medras	medre	medremos	medréis	medren, medran
	imperfect	medrare, medrara	medrares, medraras	medrare, medrara	medráremos, medráramos	medrareis, medrarais	medraren, medraran
imperative		—	medra	—	—	medrái	—

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Galician

Etymology

1519. Probably borrowed from Spanish medrar. Doublet of mellorar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈðɾaɾ/

Verb

1. to grow
   • 1519, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 218:

     Una arqua medrada que lebará fasta oyto ou nobe fanegas de çenteo.

     A grown up ark that can contain some eight or nine fanegas (totaling ~500 l)

2. to thrive, prosper

Related terms

• medra

References

• “medr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “medrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish medrar. Doublet of melhorar.

Verb

1. to grow

   Synonym: crescer

   • 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “O Inimigo”, in Delfim Guimarães, transl., As Flores do Mal, published 1924:

     Corre o tempo veloz, num galope desfeito, / E a Dor, a ingente Dor, que nos corrói o peito, / Com nosso próprio sangue, a crescer, a medrar!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Spanish

Etymology

From *mejdrar, syncopation of mejorar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdɾaɾ/ [meˈð̞ɾaɾ]

Verb

1. to thrive or grow

   Synonym: crecer

2. to prosper, flourish

   Synonym: prosperar

Related terms

• mejorar

Descendants

• → Galician: medrar
• → Portuguese: medrar

Further reading

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