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eu crescia

was growing, grew

→ crescer
cresc grow + ia Imperfect tense (I/he/she)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #39,703
was growing, grew For an ongoing or repeated action in the past, English often uses “was growing.”
PO: A cidade crescia rapidamente.
EN: The city was growing rapidly.
Conjugation of crescer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First crescia —
Third crescia —

O número de voluntários crescia cada vez mais.

The number of volunteers kept growing.

Eu nunca tive amigos enquanto crescia.

I never had any friends growing up.

— As Memórias de Marnie (2014)

A comoção crescia de minuto a minuto.

The commotion grew by the minute.

"Esse menino mentiroso que crescia o nariz."

That lying boy whose nose kept growing.

— Volver (2006)