criado
Spanish, noun/ˈkɾjado/
criado is spelled C-R-I-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “servant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of criar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que sirve a otra, o a una familia, como medio de subsistencia. Por lo general se trata de gente…”.
What does criado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineservant
verb
- 1
past participle of criar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que sirve a otra, o a una familia, como medio de subsistencia. Por lo general se trata de gente humilde, sin estudios, que realiza labores domésticas. 2. Persona que ha recibido la mejor educación y cuidados. 3. El que ha recibido de otro la primera crianza, alimento, educación. 4. Cliente.
verb: 1. Participio de 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 criado
- criados plural
- criada feminine
- criadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criado?
- /ˈkɾjado/
- [ˈkɾja.ð̞o]
- [ˈkɾjað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criado in Spanish?
criado appears 6.9 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).