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incremento

increase

noun een-kreh-MEN-toh Less Common

Also means

rise

Usage Note

Incremento is the standard formal word for a quantitative increase — in prices, salaries, or statistics. The verb is incrementar; the adjective incremental is used in the same technical register. In everyday speech aumento is often preferred.

Examples

"El incremento de precios afecta a todos."

Natural Translation

The price increase affects everyone.

Literal Translation

The increase of prices affects to all

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