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criar

Spanish, verb/ˈkɾjaɾ/

criar is a Spanish verb meaning “to rear or raise (e.g., a child)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir algo de la nada”.

What does criar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to rear or raise (e.g., a child)

  2. 2

    to grow up

    Nació en San Sebastián pero se crio en Tenerife.

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Producir algo de la nada. 2. Producir. 3. Nutrir y alimentar la madre o la nodriza al niño con la leche de sus pechos. 4. Alimentar, cuidar y cebar las aves y otros animales.

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 criar

  • crío first-person present singular
  • crie first-person preterite singular
  • criado participle past
  • i-í alternation
  • criando gerund
  • criada feminine participle past
  • criados masculine participle past
  • criadas feminine participle past
  • crías indicative informal present
  • crias indicative informal present
  • cría indicative present singular
  • criamos first-person indicative plural
  • criais indicative plural present
  • crían indicative plural present
  • criaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • criabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • criábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • criabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce criar?

  • /ˈkɾjaɾ/
  • [ˈkɾjaɾ]
  • /kɾiˈaɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to criar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is criar in Spanish?

criar appears 4.6 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).