cariar
Spanish, verb/kaˈɾjaɾ/
cariar is spelled C-A-R-I-A-R (6 letters). Cariar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cause cavities, decay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir caries, corroer o carcomer con caries”.
What does cariar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause cavities, decay
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Producir caries, corroer o carcomer con caries.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cariar
- carío first-person present singular
- carié first-person preterite singular
- cariado participle past
- i-í alternation
- cariando gerund
- cariada feminine participle past
- cariados masculine participle past
- cariadas feminine participle past
- carías indicative informal present
- cariás indicative informal present
- caría indicative present singular
- cariamos first-person indicative plural
- cariáis indicative plural present
- carían indicative plural present
- cariaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cariabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cariábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cariabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cariar?
- /kaˈɾjaɾ/
- [kaˈɾjaɾ]
- [kaɾiˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.