The Portuguese verb crescer means "to grow". Below are its 7 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of crescer is eu cresço, tu cresces, ele/ela cresce, nós crescemos, vós cresceis, eles/elas crescem. It counts as a regular -er verb, though 10 of its forms differ from the model pattern and are marked in the tables. The tables below cover 7 tenses, from the present to the imperative.
Forms in orange break the regular -er pattern.
| eu | cresço (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | cresces | |
| ele/ | cresce | |
| nós | crescemos | |
| vós | cresceis | |
| eles/ | crescem |
| eu | cresci |
|---|---|
| tu | cresceste |
| ele/ | cresceu |
| nós | crescemos |
| vós | crescestes |
| eles/ | cresceram |
| eu | crescia |
|---|---|
| tu | crescias |
| ele/ | crescia |
| nós | crescíamos |
| vós | crescíeis |
| eles/ | cresciam |
| eu | crescerei |
|---|---|
| tu | crescerás |
| ele/ | crescerá |
| nós | cresceremos |
| vós | crescereis |
| eles/ | crescerão |
| eu | cresceria |
|---|---|
| tu | crescerias |
| ele/ | cresceria |
| nós | cresceríamos |
| vós | cresceríeis |
| eles/ | cresceriam |
| que eu | cresça (irregular) |
|---|---|
| que tu | cresças (irregular) |
| que ele/ | cresça (irregular) |
| que nós | cresçamos (irregular) |
| que vós | cresçais (irregular) |
| que eles/ | cresçam (irregular) |
| tu | cresce |
|---|---|
| você | cresça (irregular) |
| nós | cresçamos (irregular) |
| vós | crescei |
| vocês | cresçam (irregular) |
Crescer is regular, with spelling changes only. The spelling changes appear in eu present, such as cresço, and throughout the present subjunctive, such as cresça and cresçamos. The você, nós and vocês imperative forms also show this change: cresça, cresçamos and cresçam.
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Yes. Crescer is regular, with spelling changes only.
They are cresça, cresças, cresça, cresçamos, cresçais and cresçam.
The spelling changes occur in eu present, all present subjunctive forms, and the você, nós and vocês imperative forms.