creixen

Creixen is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Catalan verb creixer, meaning "they grow." It is used with plural subjects to describe growth in plants, populations, economies, or other phenomena, and can be employed metaphorically to indicate development or increase over time.

Origin and conjugation: Creixer comes from Latin crescere, meaning to grow or increase. In Catalan orthography it belongs to the second conjugation of -er verbs. The present tense of creixer is: jo creixo, tu creixes, ell creix, nosaltres creixem, vosaltres creixeu, ells creixen. The stem is creix-; the suffix -en marks the third-person plural.

Usage notes: Creixen commonly appears in scientific, agricultural, and economic writing, as well as everyday speech. Examples: "Les plantes creixen ràpidament a la primavera" (The plants grow rapidly in spring). "Les vendes creixen un 5% aquest trimestre" (Sales grow by 5% this quarter).

Related forms: creixent (growing, present participle), crescut (grown, past participle), creixement (growth).