grow up

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grow up
verbo intransitivo
1crecer (become adult)
  • I want to be a doctor when I g up -> de mayor quiero ser médico
  • we didn't have television when I was growing up -> cuando era pequeño no teníamos televisión
  • g up! (familiar) -> ¡no seas niño or crío! (español de España)

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grow up [grou]
  • To grow less -> disminuir
  • To grow hot -> acalorarse
  • To grow old -> envejecer
  • To grow tame -> domesticarse
  • To grow well -> restablecerse
  • To grow worse -> empeorar
  • To grow weary -> cansarse
  • To grow young again -> remozarse
  • To grow better -> ponerse mejor, enmendarse, corregirse
  • To grow big -> engordar; aumentarse
  • To grow childish -> chochear
  • To grow cold -> enfriarse
  • To grow dear -> encarecer
  • To grow easy -> tranquilizarse
  • To grow fat -> engordar, engruesar
  • To grow late -> hacerse tarde
  • It grows late -> se va haciendo tarde
  • To grow poor -> empobrecerse
  • To grow rich -> enriquecerse
  • To grow strong -> ponerse fuerte, reponerse
crecer, salir de la tierra las plantas, brotar, arrojar, apuntar los vegetales.

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grow up
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 (become adult) hacerse mayor
as Alma grew up, she became more and more interested in theology
I watched Tim grow up vi a Tim hacerse mayor; vi como Tim se hacía mayor; when I grow up I'm going to be a doctor cuando sea mayor voy a ser médico; she grew up into a beautiful woman con el tiempo se convirtió en una mujer hermosa; grow up! (informal) ¡no seas niño!
it's time you grew up
2 (spend young life) crecer
we grew up together crecimos juntos; she grew up in the country/during the depression creció se crió en el campo/en los años de la depresión;or
we've known each other for years - we grew up together she grew up during the depression creció se crió en los años de la depresión my children grew up understanding the difference between right and wrong
3 (develop) [+friendship] desarrollarse; [+hatred] crecer; [+town, industry] desarrollarse; crecer; [+custom] arraigar; imponerse
a close friendship had grown up between us entre nosotros se había desarrollado una íntima amistad; a barrier had grown up between them se había levantado una barrera entre ellos; new industries grew up alongside the port nuevas industrias se desarrollaron alrededor del puerto
A friendship grew up between Pasternak and the artist's pretty young daughter, Chukurtma. the close friendship which quickly grew up between us a mutual understanding grew up between them the mutual respect that grew up between two genuinely brilliant footballers he says a barrier grew up between himself and other boys who feared being accused of `sucking-up hatred grew up between them he wrote of `the innate dislike which is growing up in the country to see any man distinguished from the mass around him from the first time they met a close friendship grew up between them new cities grew up around the industrial centers modern art and modern architecture grew up together the people from the south of England, the Bretons, immigrated to Brittany, and a legend grew up among them a mystique grew up around his work and achievements

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