aumentar
/aumenˈtaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to increase, grow
📈 aumentar = augment: Latin augmentare, to make bigger
Spanish aumentar and English augment share the Latin root augere, to grow. Augment lost its g on the way into Spanish. The noun is el aumento, a raise or increase, as in un aumento de sueldo (a pay raise).