aumentar
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre (“increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”).
Verb
[edit]aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumentei, past participle aumentado)
Conjugation
[edit]1Less recommended.
Related terms
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- augmentar (pre-reform)
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin augmentāre, from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”). Cognate of English augment.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: au‧men‧tar
Verb
[edit]aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumentei, past participle aumentado)
- to increase (become larger)
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fabiano”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives][1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 29:
- O gado augmentava, o serviço ia bem, mas o proprietario descompunha o vaqueiro.
- The cattle was increasing in number, the work was going well, but the landowner reprehended the cowhand.
- to increase, augment (cause something to become larger)
- Synonyms: acrescentar, ampliar, amplificar
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Antonyms
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“to increase”). Compare English augment.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /aumenˈtaɾ/ [au̯.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Latin America): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: au‧men‧tar
Verb
[edit]aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumenté, past participle aumentado)
- (intransitive) to increase, grow
- (transitive) to increase, augment
- (transitive) to enhance
- (reflexive) to accumulate, to increase
- (reflexive) to augment
Conjugation
[edit]These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aumentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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