criba
Spanish, noun
criba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sieve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cribar. With an accent, cribá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cribar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cuero ordenadamente agujereado y fijo en un aro de madera, que sirve para cribar. También se hacen de plancha…”.
What does criba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesieve
- 2
femininesifting; sifting out process
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cribar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cuero ordenadamente agujereado y fijo en un aro de madera, que sirve para cribar. También se hacen de plancha metálica con agujeros, o con red de malla de alambre. 2. Cualquiera de los aparatos mecánicos que se emplean en agricultura para cribar semillas, o en minería para lavar y limpiar los minerales.
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 criba
- cribas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to criba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criba in Spanish?
criba appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).