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crío

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
crío, cría nm, nf	(niño pequeño)	child n
	(informal)	kid n
	Mozart aprendió a tocar el piano siendo un crío.
	Mozart learned to play the piano as a child.
crío, cría nm, nf	peyorativo (persona inmadura) (figurative)	child n
		big kid n
	(figurative)	baby n
	Mi sobrino tiene ya treinta años y sigue siendo un crío.
	My nephew is thirty years old and he is still a child.

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Principal Translations
Spanish		English
criar⇒ vtr	(niños: alimentar, nutrir) (child)	rear⇒ vtr
	(informal)	raise⇒ vtr
		bring up vtr phrasal sep
	Mi abuela crió a todos sus hijos con leche materna y siempre gozaron de buena salud.
	My grandma reared all her children on breastmilk and they were always all healthy.
criar vtr	(animales: cuidar, alimentar) (animals)	breed⇒, raise⇒, rear⇒ vtr
	Mi vecina cría gallinas y vive de la venta de sus huevos.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. His family's been breeding cattle here for the past 200 years.
criar vtr	(educar, instruir: niños) (children)	bring up vtr phrasal sep
		rear⇒, raise⇒ vtr
	Jesús y Cristina criaron siete hijos con amor y paciencia.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. My great-grandfather brought his children up like everyone else in the 19th century.
criar vtr	(causar desarrollo de algo)	breed⇒ vtr
	La carne descompuesta cría moscas.
	Rotten meat breeds flies.
criarse⇒ v prnl	(persona: desarrollarse, crecer)	grow⇒ vi
	Un niño no puede criarse fuerte y sano a base de pan y agua.
	Children cannot grow strong and healthy on nothing but bread and water.

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Compound Forms: crío | criar
Spanish		English
de chico, de crío, de niño loc adv	(en la niñez)	as a kid, as a child expr
	De chico me gustaba jugar al fútbol en las canchas; de grande, solo en videojuegos.
	As a kid I liked playing football in real life; now I only play it in video games.

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