ascender
/asθenˈdeɾ/ · B1 · verb
to ascend, to mount, to climb
🧗⛰️ Cognate of English ascend: Latin ad- (toward) + scandere (to climb)
Spanish ends the verb in -er where English drops it: ascend becomes ascender. Same family: ascensor (lift, elevator) and ascenso (a rise or promotion). Its opposite is descender, to go down.