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criar

/ˈkɾjaɾ/, [ˈkɾjaɾ]

breed, raise

Gerund: criando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular criado criada
Plural criados criadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo crío criaba crie criaré criaría
tú crías criabas criaste criarás criarías
él/ella/Ud. cría criaba crio criará criaría
nosotros criamos criábamos criamos criaremos criaríamos
vosotros criais criabais criasteis criaréis criaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. crían criaban criaron criarán criarían
vos crias criabas criaste criarás criarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo críe criara criase criare
tú críes criaras criases criares
él/ella/Ud. críe criara criase criare
nosotros criemos criáramos criásemos criáremos
vosotros crieis criarais criaseis criareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. críen criaran criasen criaren
vos cries criaras criases criares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú cría no críes
Ud. críe no críe
nosotros criemos no criemos
vosotros criad no crieis
Uds. críen no críen
vos cria no críes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Tom no sabe nada sobre criar niños.

    Tom doesn't know anything about raising children.

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  • No puedo criar yo solo a nuestra hija.

    I can't raise our daughter alone.

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  • Criar a un hijo cuesta una fortuna.

    Raising a child costs a fortune.

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  • Tom y María siempre discuten acerca de cómo criar a sus niños.

    Tom and Mary are always arguing about how to raise their children.

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  • Criar a un niño requiere paciencia.

    Rearing a child calls for perseverance.

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  • Quiero criar a mi hijo como mi padre me crió a mí.

    I want to bring up my son as my father did me.

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  • Tom recordó a los conejos que solía criar.

    Tom remembered the rabbits he used to raise.

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  • Traté de criar sola a Tom.

    I tried to raise Tom alone.

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