crecimiento

/kɾeθiˈmjento/ · B2 · noun · m

growth

🌱📈 crecimiento = crecer (to grow) + -miento (the act of); kin to increase

From Latin crescere, to grow, the same root as crescent, increase and crescendo. Crecer means to grow, and -miento turns a verb into a noun, the way -ment does in English, so crecimiento is the act of growing.

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