malcriar
Spanish, verb/malˈkɾjaɾ/
malcriar is spelled M-A-L-C-R-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 155,407th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malcriar is a Spanish verb meaning “to spoil, coddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Educar mal”.
What does malcriar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spoil, coddle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Educar mal 2. Mimar con excesiva permisividad al punto de que puede causar conflictos.
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 malcriar
- malcrío first-person present singular
- malcrié first-person preterite singular
- malcriado participle past
- i-í alternation
- malcriando gerund
- malcriada feminine participle past
- malcriados masculine participle past
- malcriadas feminine participle past
- malcrías indicative informal present
- malcriás indicative informal present
- malcría indicative present singular
- malcriamos first-person indicative plural
- malcriáis indicative plural present
- malcrían indicative plural present
- malcriaba first-person imperfect indicative
- malcriabas imperfect indicative second-person
- malcriábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- malcriabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malcriar?
- /malˈkɾjaɾ/
- [malˈkɾjaɾ]
- [malkɾiˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malcriar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malcriar in Spanish?
malcriar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).