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grow

grew, grown UK: /ɡrəʊ/ US: /ɡroʊ/

Translation

v [t, i]
crecer
These plants grow very quickly
Estas plantas crecen muy deprisa
My brother has grown a lot in the last year
Mi hermano ha crecido mucho en el último año
cultivar
My uncle grows vegetables
Mi tío cultiva hortalizas
dejarse
He's growing a beard
Se está dejando barba
hacerse
Let's go before it grows dark
Vámonos antes de que se haga de noche
to grow old
envejecer
to grow rich
enriquecerse
to grow apart from sb to grow into sth/sb to grow on sb to grow out of sth to grow to do sth to grow up
(Definition of grow v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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