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aumentar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augment verb To make something larger or stronger by adding to it.
  • enhance verb To improve the quality, value, or appeal of something.
  • enlarge verb To make something bigger, or to become bigger.
  • heighten verb To increase the intensity, degree, or effect of something.
  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.
  • rise verb To move upward or increase.
  • up adverb Toward or in a higher position; away from the ground.

Senses

aumentar is used for these senses in English:

  • augment (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  • enhance To augment or make something greater.
  • enlarge (transitive) To make (something) larger.
  • heighten To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  • increase (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
  • increase (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
  • raise To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
  • rise (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.

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