crianza

Galician

Crianzas ("children")

Alternative forms

• criança (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese criança. By surface analysis, criar (“to raise”) +‎ -anza. Compare Portuguese criança and Spanish crianza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɾiˈanθa/ [kɾiˈan̪.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kɾiˈanθa/ [kɾiˈan̪.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kɾiˈansa/ [kɾiˈan.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -anθa

• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa

• Hyphenation: cri‧an‧za

Noun

crianza f (plural crianzas)

1. descendancy
2. (usually in the plural) children
3. upbringing
4. education

   Synonym: formación

5. politeness, urbanity, good manners

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “criança”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “crianza”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crianza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crianza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crianza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “crianza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Formed as criar +‎ -anza, compare Portuguese criança and Medieval Latin creantia, from Latin creō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾjanθa/ [ˈkɾjãn̟.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾjansa/ [ˈkɾjãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -anθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
  • Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Syllabification: crian‧za
• IPA^(key): /kɾiˈanθa/ [kɾiˈãn̟.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kɾiˈansa/ [kɾiˈãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -anθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
  • Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Syllabification: cri‧an‧za

Noun

crianza f (plural crianzas)

1. upbringing
2. education

   Synonym: formación

Derived terms

• acrianzar
• ama de crianza
• hijo de crianza (“foster child”)

Related terms

• cría
• criar

Descendants

• → Italian: creanza

Further reading

• “crianza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025