crecerse

crecerse

► verbo pronominal

1 (tomar mayor fuerza) to grow in confidence

■ se crece ante las dificultades he comes into his own when faced with problems

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VPR

1) (=tomar fuerza)

pocos jugadores saben crecerse ante la adversidad — there are few players who can stand up and be counted in the face of adversity

2) * (=engreírse) to get full of o.s.

con nada que le digas ya se crece — whatever you say to him he still gets all full of himself o his head still starts to swell

3) (Cos)

en el cuello se le crece un punto — increase one stitch at the neck, add one stitch at the neck

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vpr

to become more self-confident;

crecerse ante las dificultades to thrive on adversity;

el equipo se creció tras marcar el gol the team grew in confidence after scoring the goal;

el artista se creció con los aplausos del público the artist grew in confidence in response to the audience's applause

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crecerse

v/r rise to the challenge o

occasion