aumentar

Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre, present active infinitive of augmentō (“increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”).

aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumentei, past participle aumentado)

1. to augment, increase

• aumento

Learned borrowing from Late Latin augmentāre, from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”). Cognate of English augment.

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /aw.mẽ.ˈta(χ)/
• Hyphenation: au‧men‧tar

aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumentei, past participle aumentado)

1. to increase (become larger)

   Synonyms: progredir, crescer

2. to increase, augment (cause something to become larger)

   Synonyms: acrescentar, ampliar, amplificar

• diminuir, encurtar, subtrair, abreviar, atenuar

• aumentação, aumentado, aumentador, aumentativar, aumentativo, aumentável, aumento

Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“to increase”). Compare English augment.

• IPA^(key): /aumenˈtaɾ/ [au̯.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• (Latin America)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: au‧men‧tar

aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumenté, past participle aumentado)

1. (intransitive) to increase, grow
2. (transitive) to increase, augment
3. (transitive) to enhance
4. (reflexive) to accumulate, to increase
5. (reflexive) to augment

• “aumentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014