grow up

grow up
(to become an adult: I'm going to be an engine-driver when I grow up.) crecer, hacerse mayor
grow up vb criarse / crecer
I grew up in a village me crié en un pueblo
grow up
v.
mocear v.
v + adv
a) (spend childhood) criarse*
b) (become adult) hacerse* mayor

when I grow up — cuando sea grande or mayor ...

grow up! — no seas infantil!

to grow up into something — convertirse* en algo, llegar* a ser algo

c) (arise) \<\<friendship/custom/feeling\>\> surgir*, nacer* (liter)

a small township grew up around the mine — un pequeño poblado se desarrolló alrededor de la mina

VI + ADV
1) (=become adult) hacerse mayor

I watched Tim grow up — vi a Tim hacerse mayor, vi como Tim se hacía mayor

when I grow up I'm going to be a doctor — cuando sea mayor voy a ser médico

she grew up into a beautiful woman — con el tiempo se convirtió en una mujer hermosa

grow up! * — ¡no seas niño!

2) (=spend young life) crecer

we grew up together — crecimos juntos

she grew up in the country/during the depression — creció or se crió en el campo/en los años de la depresión

3) (=develop) [friendship] desarrollarse; [hatred] crecer; [town, industry] desarrollarse, crecer; [custom] arraigar, imponerse

a close friendship had grown up between us — entre nosotros se había desarrollado una íntima amistad

a barrier had grown up between them — se había levantado una barrera entre ellos

new industries grew up alongside the port — nuevas industrias se desarrollaron alrededor del puerto

* * *
v + adv
a) (spend childhood) criarse*
b) (become adult) hacerse* mayor

when I grow up — cuando sea grande or mayor ...

grow up! — no seas infantil!

to grow up into something — convertirse* en algo, llegar* a ser algo

c) (arise) \<\<friendship/custom/feeling\>\> surgir*, nacer* (liter)

a small township grew up around the mine — un pequeño poblado se desarrolló alrededor de la mina


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