cría
Spanish, noun
cría is spelled C-R-Í-A (4 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,258th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cría is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “kid, pup, cria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of crío (“kid”). Without its accent, cria is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of criar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de criar”.
What does cría mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekid, pup, cria
- 2
femininelitter
- 3
femininechildrearing
- 4
femininebreeding, rearing of an animal
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininefemale equivalent of crío (“kid”)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of criar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de criar. 2. Conjunto de animales pequeños hijos de una misma madre y nacidos a un mismo tiempo. 3. Animal o niño pequeño durante su fase de cría₁. 4. Cuidados para el desarrollo de un niño.
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 cría
- crías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cría
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cría in Spanish?
cría appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).