criar

/ˈkɾjaɾ/, [ˈkɾjaɾ]

breed, raise


Verb criar (first-person singular present crío, first-person singular preterite crie, past participle criado)

  1. (transitive) to rear or raise (e.g., a child)
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to grow up
    Nació en San Sebastián pero se crio en Tenerife.
    S/he was born in San Sebastián but grew up in Tenerife.

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.

  • No puedo criar yo solo a nuestra hija.

    I can't raise our daughter alone.

  • Criar a un hijo cuesta una fortuna.

    Raising a child costs a fortune.

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

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

  • Criar a un niño requiere paciencia.

    Rearing a child calls for perseverance.

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

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

  • Tom recordó a los conejos que solía criar.

    Tom remembered the rabbits he used to raise.

  • Traté de criar sola a Tom.

    I tried to raise Tom alone.


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