Also means
to pick up (of wind, rain)
Usage Note
Arreciar is most naturally used for weather and conflict growing stronger; arreció el viento means 'the wind picked up.' It is also used figuratively — arreció la polémica — to convey that a controversy has grown fiercer. The verb is regular -ar and does not have stem changes.
Examples
"La tormenta arreció de repente."
Natural Translation
The storm suddenly intensified.
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