criar

to rear or raise (e.g., a child)irregular-ar verb
Where it breaks the pattern
  • the stress falls on the i, breaking the diphthong — envío is /en-VI-o/, not /EN-vio/

Indicativo: criar conjugation

PresentePretéritoImperfectoFuturoCondicional
yocríocriecriabacriarécriaría
críascriastecriabascriaráscriarías
él / ella / Ud.críacriocriabacriarácriaría
nosotroscriamoscriamoscriábamoscriaremoscriaríamos
vosotroscriaiscriasteiscriabaiscriaréiscriaríais
ellos / Uds.críancriaroncriabancriaráncriarían

Participio: criado · Gerundio: criando

irregular form

In use

Real sentences with the conjugated form highlighted, from Tatoeba, licensed under CC BY 2.0 FR.

  • Me criaron comiendo comida mejicana.

    I was raised eating Mexican food.

  • Cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos.

    What a viper I have nourished in my bosom!

  • ¿En qué clase de rancho te criaste?

    What kind of ranch did you grow up on?

Other verbs that accent the i

The weak vowel i takes a written accent when stressed, breaking what would otherwise be a diphthong.