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SPANISH VERB

crecer

to grow

  • #157 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: creciendo
  • Past participle: crecido

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I grow
  2. tú you grow
  3. usted, él, ella he/she grows
  4. nosotros we grow
  5. vosotros Spain you all grow
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they grow

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I grew
  2. tú you grew
  3. usted, él, ella he/she grew
  4. nosotros we grew
  5. vosotros Spain you all grew
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they grew

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to grow
  2. tú you used to grow
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to grow
  4. nosotros we used to grow
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to grow
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to grow

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will grow
  2. tú you will grow
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will grow
  4. nosotros we will grow
  5. vosotros Spain you all will grow
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will grow

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would grow
  2. tú you would grow
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would grow
  4. nosotros we would grow
  5. vosotros Spain you all would grow
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would grow

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I grow
  2. tú (that) you grow
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she grow
  4. nosotros (that) we grow
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all grow
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they grow

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I grew
  2. tú (if) you grew
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she grew
  4. nosotros (if) we grew
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all grew
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they grew

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú grow!
  2. usted grow! (formal)
  3. nosotros grow! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain grow! (all of you)
  5. ustedes grow! (all of you)

How to use crecer

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Los niños crecen tan rápido que da pena.

    Kids grow so fast it's sad.

  2. Past

    Crecí en un pueblo pequeño cerca de Córdoba.

    I grew up in a small village near Córdoba.

  3. Imperfect

    El naranjo crecía más cada año en el patio.

    The orange tree grew bigger every year in the courtyard.

  4. Future

    Esa planta crecerá mucho si le da el sol.

    That plant will grow a lot if it gets sun.

  5. Conditional

    Con más agua, el césped crecería mejor.

    With more water, the lawn would grow better.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Cuando crezcas, entenderás a tus padres.

    When you grow up, you'll understand your parents.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Mis padres querían que creciera cerca del mar.

    My parents wanted me to grow up near the sea.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Crece sano y fuerte, mi niño!

    Grow up healthy and strong, my boy!

Where you hear crecer

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • Isabel crece muy rápido. Isabel's growing very fast.
  • Crecí en Teotitlán, entre telares. I grew up in Teotitlan, among looms.
  • Esta niña va a crecer cantando. This little girl is going to grow up singing.
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What Father?

Advanced Level 3 · cómo ha crecido

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