cria

Borrowed from Spanish cría (“kid; pup; cria”).

cria (plural crias)

1. A young South American camelid (llama, vicuna, guanaco or alpaca).

• ACIR, AICR, CAIR, Cira, arci, cair

From criar (“to raise”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.a/

cria f (plural cries)

1. upbringing, raising
2. offspring
3. young (baby animal)

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

cria

1. to cry, to call
2. to call, to name

cria

1. third-person singular past historic of crier

• cari, cira

·cria

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of crenaid

From criar (“to rear; to raise”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.ɐ/

cria f (plural crias)

1. young; offspring (a young animal, especially one that still depends on its mother)
2. (familiar) kid; young'un (a person’s son or daughter)
3. someone who is raised by a family but is not their biological child; a ward or an adoptee
4. (agriculture) livestock (farm animals being raised)

   Synonym: criação

cria

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of criar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of criar

• IPA^(key): /kɾja/

cria

1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of criar.