criada

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.da/

Noun

criada f (plural criades)

1. female equivalent of criat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.dɐ/ [kɾɪˈa.dɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.dɐ/ [kɾɪˈa.dɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.da/ [kɾɪˈa.da], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.dɐ/ [kɾiˈa.ðɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja.dɐ/ [ˈkɾja.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: cri‧a‧da

Noun

criada f (plural criadas)

1. female equivalent of criado

Participle

criada f sg

1. feminine singular of criado

Spanish

Etymology

From criar (“raise”). Compare Sicilian criata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾjada/ [ˈkɾja.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: cria‧da

Noun

criada f (plural criadas, masculine criado, masculine plural criados)

1. servant, maidservant

   Synonyms: empleada doméstica, sirvienta

Derived terms

• criada de casa

 

Participle

criada f sg

1. feminine singular of criado

Further reading

• “criado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014