criadero
Spanish, noun/kɾjaˈdeɾo/
criadero is spelled C-R-I-A-D-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,911th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criadero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a nursery or a place for breeding plants or animals, especially livestock and seedlings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar donde se trasponen, para que se críen, los árboles que se han arrancado del paraje en que se sembaron o…”.
What does criadero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea nursery or a place for breeding plants or animals, especially livestock and seedlings
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lugar donde se trasponen, para que se críen, los árboles que se han arrancado del paraje en que se sembaron o nacieron por sí en los montes. 2. Sitio destinado en los viveros a la crianza de árboles de todas clases, así como de vides y otras plantas. 3. Yacimiento
adjective: 1. Fecundo en criar.
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 criadero
- criaderos plural
- criadera feminine
- criaderas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criadero?
- /kɾjaˈdeɾo/
- [kɾjaˈð̞e.ɾo]
- [kɾjaˈð̞eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criadero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criadero in Spanish?
criadero appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).