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eu crescesse

grew up

→ crescer
cresc grow + esse imperfect subjunctive: I/he/she
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #35,834
grew up Used in a clause about a future event viewed from the past, as in “when I grew up.”
PO: Ela queria ser médica quando crescesse.
EN: She wanted to be a doctor when she grew up.
Conjugation of crescer
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First crescesse —
Third crescesse —

Eu não me achava tão bonita assim, mas isso ia mudar à medida que eu crescesse.

I didn’t think I was all that pretty, but that would change as I got older.

Foi quando eu decidi que, quando eu crescesse, ganharia muito dinheiro.

That’s when I decided that, when I grew up, I would make a lot of money.

— As Travessuras de uma Sereia (2016)

Como se a esperança fosse uma planta que crescesse com a chuva.

As if hope were a plant that grew in the rain.

— O Auto da Compadecida (2000)

Ficou de contar o que houve com seu pai quando eu crescesse.

He promised to tell me what happened to his father when I grew up.

— Pecadores (2025)

Tom admirava o seu pai e queria ser como ele quando crescesse.

Tom admired his father and wanted to be like him when he grew up.

Tom me perguntou o que eu queria ser quando crescesse.

Tom asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.