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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin crēscere.
Verb
crecer
- to grow
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese crecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Latin crēscere. Compare Portuguese crescer.
Pronunciation
Verb
crecer (first-person singular present crezo, first-person singular preterite crecín, past participle crecido)
crecer (first-person singular present creço, first-person singular preterite crecim or creci, past participle crecido, reintegrationist norm)
- to grow
Conjugation
Conjugation of crecer (c-z alternation)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person
(eu)
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Second-person
(ti / tu)
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Third-person
(ele / ela / você)
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First-person
(nós)
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Second-person
(vós)
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Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
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| Infinitive
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| Impersonal
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crecer
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| Personal
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crecer
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creceres
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crecer
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crecermos
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crecerdes
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crecerem
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| Gerund
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crecendo
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| Past participle
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| Masculine
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crecido
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crecidos
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| Feminine
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crecida
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crecidas
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| Indicative
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| Present
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creço
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creces
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crece
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crecemos
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crecedes, creceis
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crecem
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| Imperfect
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crecia
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crecias
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crecia
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crecíamos
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crecíades, crecíeis, crecíais1
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creciam
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| Preterite
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crecim, creci
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creceste, creceche1
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creceu
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crecemos
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crecestes
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crecêrom, creceram
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| Pluperfect
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crecera
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creceras
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crecera
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crecêramos
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crecêrades, crecêreis, crecêrais1
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creceram
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| Future
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crecerei
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crecerás
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crecerá
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creceremos
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creceredes, crecereis
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crecerám, crecerão
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| Conditional
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creceria
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crecerias
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creceria
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creceríamos
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creceríades, creceríeis, creceríais1
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creceriam
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| Subjunctive
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| Present
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creça
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creças
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creça
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creçamos
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creçades, creçais
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creçam
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| Imperfect
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crecesse
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crecesses
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crecesse
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crecêssemos
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crecêssedes, crecêsseis
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crecessem
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| Future
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crecer
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creceres
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crecer
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crecermos
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crecerdes
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crecerem
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| Imperative
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| Affirmative
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crece
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creça
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creçamos
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crecede, crecei
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creçam
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| Negative (nom)
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nom creças
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nom creça
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nom creçamos
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nom creçades, nom creçais
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nom creçam
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Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “crecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “crecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin crēscere.
Pronunciation
Verb
crecer
- (intransitive) to grow
Descendants
Further reading
Portuguese
Verb
crecer (first-person singular present creço, first-person singular preterite creci, past participle crecido)
- Obsolete spelling of crescer.
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish cresçer, from Latin crēscĕre, from Proto-Italic *krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow, become bigger”). Compare French croître, Italian crescere and English crescent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kɾeˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kɾeˈseɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: cre‧cer
Verb
crecer (first-person singular present crezco, first-person singular preterite crecí, past participle crecido)
- to grow
- Antonym: decrecer
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of crecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive crecer
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| dative
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crecerme
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crecerte
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crecerle, crecerse
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crecernos
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creceros
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crecerles, crecerse
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| accusative
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crecerme
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crecerte
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crecerlo, crecerla, crecerse
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crecernos
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creceros
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crecerlos, crecerlas, crecerse
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| with gerund creciendo
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| dative
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creciéndome
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creciéndote
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creciéndole, creciéndose
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creciéndonos
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creciéndoos
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creciéndoles, creciéndose
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| accusative
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creciéndome
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creciéndote
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creciéndolo, creciéndola, creciéndose
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creciéndonos
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creciéndoos
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creciéndolos, creciéndolas, creciéndose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative crece
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| dative
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créceme
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crécete
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crécele
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crécenos
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not used
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créceles
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| accusative
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créceme
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crécete
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crécelo, crécela
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crécenos
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not used
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crécelos, crécelas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative crecé
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| dative
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creceme
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crecete
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crecele
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crecenos
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not used
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creceles
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| accusative
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creceme
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crecete
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crecelo, crecela
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crecenos
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not used
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crecelos, crecelas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative crezca
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| dative
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crézcame
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not used
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crézcale, crézcase
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crézcanos
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not used
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crézcales
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| accusative
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crézcame
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not used
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crézcalo, crézcala, crézcase
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crézcanos
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not used
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crézcalos, crézcalas
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| with first-person plural imperative crezcamos
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| dative
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not used
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crezcámoste
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crezcámosle
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crezcámonos
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crezcámoos
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crezcámosles
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| accusative
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not used
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crezcámoste
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crezcámoslo, crezcámosla
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crezcámonos
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crezcámoos
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crezcámoslos, crezcámoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative creced
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| dative
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crecedme
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not used
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crecedle
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crecednos
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creceos
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crecedles
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| accusative
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crecedme
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not used
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crecedlo, crecedla
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crecednos
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creceos
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crecedlos, crecedlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative crezcan
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| dative
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crézcanme
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not used
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crézcanle
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crézcannos
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not used
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crézcanles, crézcanse
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| accusative
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crézcanme
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not used
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crézcanlo, crézcanla
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crézcannos
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not used
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crézcanlos, crézcanlas, crézcanse
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Derived terms
Further reading