Polyglot Dictionary

recrudecer

/rekɾuðeˈseɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
recrudezco
preterite (yo)
recrudecí
past participle
recrudecido

Meaning

  1. to worsen

    • El conflicto se recrudeció.

      The conflict worsened.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

agravar

recrudecer specifically means to flare up again or intensify, often for something that had subsided, like an illness or conflict; agravar is the general word for worsening a situation.

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