cria

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish cría (“kid; pup; cria”). === Noun === cria (plural crias) A young South American camelid (llama, vicuna, guanaco or alpaca). === Anagrams === ACIR, AICR, Acri, CAIR, CIRA, Cira, Crai, arci, cair == Catalan == === Etymology 1 === From criar (“to raise”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈkɾi.ə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɾi.a] ==== Noun ==== cria f (plural cries) upbringing, raising offspring young (baby animal) ===== Derived terms ===== esgarriacries ==== Further reading ==== “cria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “cria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “cria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cria”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cria inflection of criar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁi.ja/ === Verb === cria third-person singular past historic of crier === Anagrams === cari, cira == Galician == === Verb === cria (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of crer (reintegrationist norm) inflection of criar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Gallurese == === Etymology === Likely a borrowing from Sardinian cria (“brooding; parturition; childbirth”), deverbal from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (“to lay eggs; to give birth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkria/ === Noun === cria f (plural crii) (collective) clutch, sitting (of eggs) (collective) litter (animals born in one birth) === References === Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʲɾʲi.a/ === Verb === ·crïa third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of crenaid === Mutation === == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɐ Hyphenation: cri‧a === Etymology 1 === From criar (“to rear; to raise”). ==== Noun ==== cria f (plural crias) young; offspring (a young animal, especially one that still depends on its mother) (familiar) kid; young'un (a person’s son or daughter) someone who is raised by a family but is not their biological child; a ward or an adoptee (agriculture) livestock (farm animals being raised) Synonym: criação (slang, endearing, Brazil) homeboy; homie; a person from the hood or the ghetto === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cria inflection of criar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cria first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of crer === Further reading === “cria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Sardinian == === Etymology === Deverbal, from Logudorese criare and Campidanese criai (“to lay an egg; to give birth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkria/ === Noun === cria f (plural crias) (Logudorese, Nuorese, Campidanese) brooding, incubating (Logudorese, transferred sense) parturition, labour (of animals, especially sheep) (Logudorese, transferred sense, humorous or derogatory) childbirth (with an adjective) family, lineage, descent de mala cria ― bad-blooded, of bad blood (literally, “[coming] from a bad family”) ==== Descendants ==== →? Gallurese: cria →? Sassarese: crea === References === Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes == Sassarese == === Pronunciation === (Sedini) IPA(key): /ˈkria/ === Noun === cria f (plural crii) (dialectal) alternative form of crea (“clutch (of eggs); litter”) === References === == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɾja/ [ˈkɾja] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: cria === Verb === cria second-person singular voseo imperative of criar