arreciar

v.

1 to get worse (temporal, lluvia).

2 to get stronger, to get heavier, to augment, to increase.

Los vientos arreciaron The winds got stronger.

3 to intensify, to increase.

Me arreció la fiebre My fever increased.

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arreciar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to get stronger, get worse

■ la tormenta arreció y la vela mayor se rompió the storm got worse and the mainsail broke

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1.

VI [tormenta] to get worse, intensify; [viento] to get stronger; [demanda] to intensify

2.

See:

arreciarse

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verbo intransitivo

a) tormenta to grow worse; viento to get stronger

b) críticas to become more intense o severe

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verbo intransitivo

a) tormenta to grow worse; viento to get stronger

b) críticas to become more intense o severe

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arreciar [A1 ]

vi

1 «tormenta» to grow worse, get more severe; «viento» to get stronger

2 «críticas» to become more intense o severe

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arreciar vi (el temporal) to get worse
'arreciar' also found in these entries:
English:
freshen
- rise

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arreciar vi

1. [temporal, lluvia] to get worse;

[viento] to get stronger, to pick up

2. [críticas] to intensify

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arreciar

v/i de tormenta get worse; de viento get stronger

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arreciar vi

: to intensify, to worsen