criatura

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin creatūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kɾi.əˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kɾi.aˈtu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

criatura f (plural criatures)

1. creature (living being, especially an animal)

   Synonym: creatura

2. small child, infant

   Synonym: infant

Related terms

• crear
• crear
• creatura

 

Further reading

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

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish criatura. The Ternateño and Caviteño usage is influenced by Portuguese criança.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈtuɾa/, [kɾjaˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: cria‧tu‧ra

Noun

criatura

1. creature
2. (Caviteño, Ternateño) child

   Synonyms: bata, (Zamboangueño) [Term?], (Zamboangueño) niño

Related terms

• creacion
• cree

 

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• creatura (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese creatura, from Latin creatūra, from creō (“create, make”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾi.aˈtu.ɾɐ/ [kɾɪ.aˈtu.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kɾjaˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾi.aˈtu.ɾɐ/ [kɾɪ.aˈtu.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kɾjaˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾi.aˈtu.ɾa/ [kɾɪ.aˈtu.ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /kɾjaˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾi.ɐˈtu.ɾɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /kɾjɐˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: cri‧a‧tu‧ra

Noun

criatura f (plural criaturas)

1. creature, beast

   Synonyms: animal, besta, bicho, ser vivo

2. person

   Synonyms: pessoa, ser humano, homem, humano

Related terms

• cria
• criação
• criado
• criador
• criadouro
• criança
• criar

 

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin creatūra. Cognate with English creature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈtuɾa/ [kɾjaˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: cria‧tu‧ra

Noun

criatura f (plural criaturas)

1. creature (living being), critter
2. small child, infant

Related terms

• crear
• criador
• criar

 

Further reading

• “criatura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28