# criar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin creāre. Doublet of crear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kɾiˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kɾiˈaɾ]

### Verb

criar (first-person singular present crio, first-person singular preterite crií, past participle criat)
* (transitive) to nurse, to breastfeed
    Synonym: alletar
* (transitive) to raise (to bring up; to grow; to promote)

#### Derived terms

* criança

#### Related terms

* cria
* criat

### Further reading

* “criar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “criar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “criar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “criar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* creyér
* creyë, creyô (Bressan)

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *crītāre.

### Noun

criar (ORB, broad)
* to cry out
* to call out

### References

* crier in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* criar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

### Further information

* ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 355: “crie-t-il ?” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “quĭrītare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1464

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese criar, from Latin creāre. Doublet of crear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɾiˈaɾ]

### Verb

criar (first-person singular present crío, first-person singular preterite criei, past participle criado) criar (first-person singular present crio, first-person singular preterite criei, past participle criado, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive) to generate, grow
    Synonyms: producir, xerar
    Esa bola criou balor ― That loaf has grown mold
* (transitive) to raise, to rear, to bring up
    Synonym: educar
    Fun criado deste xeito ― I was raised this way
* (transitive) to breed (animals or plants)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* cría
* criadeiro
* criado
* criador
* crianza
* crianzas
* criatura
* malcriado

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “criar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “criar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “criar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “criar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “criar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* crear (pre-standardization spelling)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese criar, from Latin creāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [kɾɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja(ʁ)/ [ˈkɾja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [kɾɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja(ʁ)/ [ˈkɾja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kɾiˈa(ɾ)/ [kɾɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [kɾɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja(ʁ)/ [ˈkɾja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kɾiˈa(ɻ)/ [kɾɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɾiˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɾiˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɾiˈa.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɾja.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /kɾi.ˈaɦ/
* Hyphenation: cri‧ar

### Verb

criar (first-person singular present crio, first-person singular preterite criei, past participle criado)
* (transitive) to create, to put into existence
    Synonyms: fazer, gerar, produzir, fundar
* (transitive) to invent
    Synonym: inventar
* (transitive) to raise (a child)
    Synonym: educar
    Fui criado dessa maneira. ― I was raised that way.
* (transitive) to breed (animals or plants)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* cria
* criação
* criador
* criadouro
* criança f (“child”)
* criatura
* malcriado

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin creāre. Doublet of the borrowed crear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɾjaɾ/ [ˈkɾjaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: criar

### Verb

criar (first-person singular present crío, first-person singular preterite crie, past participle criado)
* (transitive) to rear or raise (e.g., a child)
* (pronominal) to grow up
    Synonym: crecer
    Nació en San Sebastián pero se crió en Tenerife.S/he was born in San Sebastián but grew up in Tenerife.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* de lo que se come se cría
* Dios los cría y ellos se juntan
* ruin señor cría ruin servidor

#### Related terms

* cría
* criada
* criadero
* criadilla
* criado
* criador
* crianza
* criar malvas
* criatura
* criazón
* crío

#### See also

* crear

### Further reading

* “criar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Verb

criar
* (transitive, intransitive) to fight or scold

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Synonyms

* piànzar