criar
Portuguese, verb/kɾiˈa(ʁ)/
criar is spelled C-R-I-A-R (5 letters) and appears 145 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 688th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to create, to put into existence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alimentar, sustentar, amamentar”.
What does criar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to create, to put into existence
- 2
to invent
- 3
to raise (a child)
Fui criado dessa maneira.
- 4
to breed (animals or plants)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. alimentar, sustentar, amamentar 2. originar, causar 3. fundar, estabelecer 4. inventar, imaginar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of criar
- crio first-person present singular
- criei first-person preterite singular
- criado participle past
- criares infinitive second-person singular
- criarmos first-person infinitive plural
- criardes infinitive plural second-person
- criarem infinitive plural third-person
- criando gerund
- criados masculine participle past
- criada feminine participle past
- criadas feminine participle past
- crias indicative present second-person
- cria indicative present singular
- criamos first-person indicative plural
- criais indicative plural present
- criam indicative plural present
- criava first-person imperfect indicative
- criavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criar?
- Brazil /kɾiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kɾiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ˈkɾja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
criar appears 145 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).