criar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin creāre, present active infinitive of creō. Doublet of crear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kɾiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kɾiˈaɾ]

Verb

criar (first-person singular present crio, first-person singular preterite crií, past participle criat)

1. (transitive) to nurse, to breastfeed

   Synonym: alletar

2. (transitive) to raise (to bring up; to grow; to promote)

Related terms

• cria
• criat

Further reading

• “criar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “criar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “criar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “criar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese criar, from Latin creāre, present active infinitive of creō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾi.ˈaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /kɾi.ˈa(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /kɾi.ˈa(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /kɾi.ˈa(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /kɾi.ˈa(χ)/
• IPA^(key): /kɾi.ˈah/
• Hyphenation: cri‧ar

Verb

1. (transitive) to create, to put into existence

   Synonyms: fazer, gerar, produzir, fundar

2. (transitive) to invent

   Synonym: inventar

3. (transitive) to raise (a child)

   Synonym: educar

   Fui criado dessa maneira. ― I was raised that way.

4. (transitive) to breed (animals or plants)

Related terms

• cria
• criação
• criador
• criador
• criadouro
• criança
• criatura
• malcriado

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin creāre, present active infinitive of creō. Doublet of the borrowed crear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾjaɾ/ [ˈkɾjaɾ]

Verb

1. to rear or raise (e.g., a child)

Derived terms

• Dios los cría y ellos se juntan

 

Related terms

• cría
• criada
• criadero
• criadilla
• criado
• criador
• crianza
• criar malvas
• criatura
• criazón
• crío

 

See also

• crear

Further reading

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

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Venetian

Verb

criar

1. (transitive, intransitive) to fight or scold

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of criar (first conjugation)

infinitive	criar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		criando
past participle		crià
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	crio	(te) crii	(el/ła) cria	criémo, criòn	crié	(i/łe) cria
imperfect	criava	(te) criavi	(el/ła) criava	criàvimo	criavi	(i/łe) criava
future	criarò	(te) criarè	(el/ła) criarà	criarémo	criarè	(i/łe) criarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	criarìa	(te) criarisi	(el/ła) criarìa	criarìsimo	criarisi	(i/łe) criarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	crie, cria	(te) crii	(el/ła) crie, (el/ła) cria	criémo, crione	crié	(i/łe) crie, (i/łe) cria
imperfect	criase	(te) criasi	(el/ła) criase	criàsimo	criasi	(i/łe) criase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) cria	(el/ła) cria, (el/ła) crie	criémo	crié	(i/łe) cria, (i/łe) crie

Synonyms

• piànzar