When speaking of the Castilian language, many times, Castilian (Spanish) is confused with Castilian which is Hispanic. It has nothing to do with each other. If we are in Spain, the only Castilian recognized as an official language is Castilian (Spanish) and it differs from Hispanic, in that the latter, Spanish, is a completely neutral Castilian. There are also regions and areas where it is more typical or they have the habit of saying in a colloquial way, the words that go with zetas (z) and with ces (c)pronounce them always hissing, with the (ese). This in the end becomes a bad habit, because it becomes something normal for them and they pronounce all the words hissing, often leading to confusion and when they have to write them, by mistake, they also make mistakes and write them wrongly.
How do you spell grow or grow? Latinos will pronounce and write, creser, but the Spanish will say and write, creser. In some parts of America, they also have a habit of hissing and replace the z’s with the s’s. Which one is correct? Let’s situémonos… Spain, therefore, the Spanish Castilian. If we look in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, it will only recognize one of the two and that is: grow. Therefore, creser with /ese/ does not exist. Only the word grow (with the c) is recognized.
From doncomos.com we are going to try to tell you why it is to grow and not to grow, what type of word it corresponds to and what linguistic category it is. Recognizing or knowing what it means and when the word should be applied in the sentence is very important, in order to advance in the language and help you. For example, having more vocabulary helps and a lot so that, at a given moment, not only being able to say and write more words, but also, in a moment of doubt to write a word that is in doubt, put another one that is a synonym. It will help you a lot. When in doubt about not knowing how to write a word and being able to make an important misspelling, knowing synonyms is very important and helps a lot. It is changed, and it was a problem.
Instructions to write grow or creser
- The word grow (and not creser that we repeat, it does not exist nor is it recognized in the dictionary), is a verb. It corresponds to the second conjunction. Why? Let’s quickly review the conjunctions: first, second and third.
- The first conjunctionalways ends in -ar.
- The second conjunctionends in -er and the.
- Third conjunction, ends in -ir.
- Therefore, if we take a look at the verb Crecer, we see that its ending is -er. Therefore, it corresponds to the second conjunction. This is important to know, to avoid as much as possible making so many misspellings. These are basic things that are learned when you are learning the Spanish language.
- The etymology, he says, that the word from Latin (like all) was: “crescere” and it hasn’t changed that much over time either.
- You have to know the meaning of this word in order to know what it means, what it means to us and also learn its tenses. The word or verb “grow” means: increase the size, increase the shape, increase, enlarge…”.
- We show you sentences with some examples, so that it can be a little clearer: “the egg grew a lot when it was fried”. “Your son has grown a lot since the last time I saw him”, “To grow properly, you have to eat everything on your plate.”
- When you also hear a person who pronounces the verb to grow with the ese /s/ creser instead of the /c/ ce, they are not pronouncing it correctly. As we have already mentioned, they do it a lot in certain countries, such as America, Hispanics… but also in Spanish regions.
- For example, in the area of Andalusia, it is very frequent that they have the habit of pronouncing the ese, they make the “famous” lisp and they always do it, since there is a /c/ in the word. For example, they would also say creser, although obviously it should sound once pronounced as if it were a (zeta).
- Other tenses of the verb to grow so that it is much easier for you to be able to elaborate sentences and avoid misspellings.
- The verb to grow in the gerund mode: Always pay attention that the participle ends in -ndo. That is why it goes from growing to growing.
- The participle, will always end in -ido. Therefore, from growing it becomes grown-up.
- The verb to grow is an intransitive and transitive verb.
- The verbs, the present of the indicative would be: I…. I grow. You…. You grow up (with the ce /c/), he/you/she…. It grows. We grow. You/you/you…grow up.
- Other synonyms to be able to use the same meaning, but with another word, we could, among others, use the following: increase, swell, develop, rise, etc.
- The past tense verb of the indicative mood is easily recognized if you use this trick. Always pay attention to the fact that the perfect compound is always accompanied by: he-has-ha-we-habeis-han.
- Another verbal conjunction that is very simple, think of the pluperfect. It is one of the simplest. All the verbs will be accompanied by the verb had. I…had grown. You…you had grown. He…had grown up, etc.
- The present of the infinitive mode would be the verb we are talking about. I mean, grow. From the second conjunction (-er).
What do you need to write grow or grow?
- A computer with an internet connection, to be able to search for information through it.
- Paper and pencil.
- Books. Reading will help you to have a larger vocabulary, gain linguistic richness and be able to pronounce words in neutral Spanish. You will learn more easily what each word means and look for synonyms more easily.
- Perform whenever you can, dictations. It will help you not to repeat grammar mistakes and quickly learn how to avoid misspellings.
- If you have an acquaintance, family member or someone who understands Spanish perfectly, practice with him/her. Try to speak as much as you can and make long sentences, ask for things… practicing the language is what really helps to master the language and understand what they mean and how to pronounce them.
Tips for writing grow or creser
Saying a word incorrectly can happen to everyone, but when habits are acquired and become something common, pronouncing them wrongly… it’s not pretty or looks good. Above all, because later in any place, it will be pronounced wrongly, other words will also be pronounced wrongly, they will be spelled wrong… and in the end, your vocabulary becomes a kick in the dictionary.
The most common phonemes to be mispronounced are precisely those that have to do with /s/, /c/, and /z/. Among them, many directly pronounce it as an ese /s/ and hiss. It is not well done, it is pronouncing it incorrectly and what can be a colloquial way of speaking, among friends, family, local customs… then it becomes a bad habit.
Never be ashamed of not spelling a word correctly or of being told that you spelled it wrong. Learn how it is spelled or how it is pronounced and don’t throw in the towel. The beautiful thing is to be able to master other languages, understand them… knowing more languages is to have culture, it enriches, it helps you to understand people and to be able to travel. Is there something more beautiful?
Try not to get into bad habits with some words or verbs. Pronounce them correctly so that you don’t pick up bad habits and then it will be very difficult for you to lose the bad habit and hiss instead of correctly pronouncing the /c/ ces and the /z/ zetas.