Skip to content

aumento

increase

noun ah-oo-MEHN-toh Less Common
Numbers & Measures Mathematics

Origin: From Latin augmentum ('growth'), from augere ('to increase').

Also means

raise

Usage Note

Aumento is the noun from aumentar ('to increase'). Common collocations: aumento de sueldo = 'pay raise', aumento de precio = 'price increase'. The phrase en aumento means 'on the rise'. Do not confuse with ascenso, which specifically means a promotion or rise in rank rather than a numerical increase.

Examples

"Los trabajadores piden un aumento de sueldo."

Natural Translation

Workers are asking for a pay raise.

Explore Spanish by topic