verb · #268
to grow
Example: Los niños crecen muy rápido.
Children grow so fast.
Spanish → English
crecer
crecer is Spanish for to grow.
What crecer means
How common is it?
crecer is ranked #268 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to crecer — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- cambiar — to change
- elegir — to choose
- decidir — to decide
- morir — to die
- nacer — to be born
- vivir — to live
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22