aumento

Aumento is a Spanish noun that denotes the act or result of increasing. It refers to a rise, growth, or additional quantity and is used in a wide range of contexts to describe changes that make something larger, higher, or more numerous. Common applications include price increases, salary raises, or the growth of a population or a measurement over time.

The term derives from Latin augmentum, itself from augere, meaning "to increase." In Spanish, aumento is often paired with a noun to specify what is increasing, for example: aumento de precios (price increase), aumento de ingresos (increase in income), aumento de la temperatura (temperature rise), aumento de la población (population growth). The expression tasa de aumento refers to the rate or speed of the increase. Depending on the context, synonyms such as incremento, subida, or crecimiento may be used, with nuances: subida often emphasizes a sudden or sharp rise, while crecimiento can imply more gradual development.

Aumento is used in economics, business, science, and everyday language. In policy and finance, it can describe wage increases (aumento salarial), price movements, or budgetary changes. In statistics and mathematics, it can denote the progression of a variable over time, analyzed through growth rates or percent changes. In biology or other sciences, it may describe physical expansion or numerical growth, always indicating a positive change from a prior state.