aumentar

Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre (“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

• augmentar (pre-reform spelling)

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

• 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

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fabiano”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], 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.

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]

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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
   • 2025 January 22, Reuters, “Nepal aumenta a US$ 15.000 la tarifa para escalar el monte Everest”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Nepal aumentará las tarifas de los permisos para escalar el monte Everest en más del 35%, haciendo que la cima más alta del mundo sea más costosa para los montañistas por primera vez en casi una década, dijeron funcionarios este miércoles.

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3. (transitive) to enhance
4. (reflexive) to accumulate, to increase
5. (reflexive) to augment

• “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], 10 December 2024