Translation criar in the Spanish-English Collins dictionary

criar

a vt

1 (=educar)
[+niño] to bring up, raise (esp EEUU)
los crió su abuela hasta los diez años they were brought up o raised by their grandmother till they were ten
REFRANES Dios los cría y ellos se juntan : birds of a feather flock together

2 (=amamantar) to nurse, suckle, feed
al niño lo crió su tía  the baby was nursed o suckled o fed by his aunt
criar con biberón  to bottle-feed
criar con el pecho  to breast-feed

3 [+ganado] to rear, raise
[+aves de corral] to breed , (para competición) to breedREFRANES cría cuervos (que te sacarán los ojos) :
qué mala suerte tuvo con sus hijos; ya sabes, cría cuervos ... she's been so unlucky with her children, after all she's done for them they've repaid her with nothing but ingratitude

4  [+hortalizas] to grow
MODISMOS criar malvas
ya está criando malvas  he's pushing up the daisies *

5 (=producir)
los perros crían pulgas  dogs get fleas
criar barriga  to get a belly *
criar carnes  to put on weight
esta tierra no cría malas hierbas  this soil doesn't produce any weeds
criar polvo  to gather dust

b vi

1 (=tener crías) to breed
la gaviota suele criar en las rocas seagulls usually breed on rocks

2 (=madurar)
[vino] to age, mature

c criarse  vpr to grow up
se criaron juntos  they grew up together
se ha criado con sus abuelos  he was brought up o raised by his grandparents
MODISMOS criarse en buena cuna o en buenos pañales  to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

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