acresço

Acresço is a Portuguese verb form, specifically the first-person singular present indicative of acrescer, meaning to increase or to add to. It appears in formal, literary, or administrative contexts and is less common in everyday speech, where verbs such as aumentar or adicionar are more frequently used.

Etymology traces acrescer to Latin accrescere, from ad- (toward) and crescere (to grow). The modern Portuguese form preserves the stem acresc- with standard present-tense endings. Related forms include acresces, acresce, acrescemos, acresceis, and acrescem.

Usage notes and examples: acresço is used to express the act of contributing to or enlarging a total. For example, Eu acresço um novo item ao relatório. Another use is in impersonal or argumentative style, as in Este argumento acresce à defesa, where the third-person form acresce is used. In practice, acrescer is more common as a general term, but acresço remains correct in first-person constructions, especially in formal writing.

See also: acréscimo, the noun meaning addition or increase; acrescer, the verb from which acresço derives; related terms such as aumento and incrementar used in similar contexts.