Criar Conjugation: to bring up/raise/breed in All Tenses

criar conjugation

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Criar means ‘to bring up/raise/breed’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (the stem i takes a written accent when stressed): crío (present), crie (preterite), criado (past participle), criando (gerund).

Criar in use

Me crie en un pueblo de AsturiasI grew up in a village in Asturias
Mis abuelos crían ovejas en ExtremaduraMy grandparents breed sheep in Extremadura
Ha criado a tres hijos ella solaShe has brought up three children on her own

Indicative

Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality

Present

criar: Present
yo	crío
tú	crías
él/ella/usted	cría
nosotros	criamos
vosotros	criais
ellos/ellas/ustedes	crían

Preterite

criar: Preterite
yo	crie
tú	criaste
él/ella/usted	crio
nosotros	criamos
vosotros	criasteis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	criaron

Imperfect

criar: Imperfect
yo	criaba
tú	criabas
él/ella/usted	criaba
nosotros	criábamos
vosotros	criabais
ellos/ellas/ustedes	criaban

Future

criar: Future
yo	criaré
tú	criarás
él/ella/usted	criará
nosotros	criaremos
vosotros	criaréis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	criarán

Conditional

criar: Conditional
yo	criaría
tú	criarías
él/ella/usted	criaría
nosotros	criaríamos
vosotros	criaríais
ellos/ellas/ustedes	criarían

: criando; used in the present progressive
: criado; used in the perfect tenses

Present perfect, subjunctive and imperative

Present perfect

criar: Present perfect
yo	he criado
tú	has criado
él/ella/usted	ha criado
nosotros	hemos criado
vosotros	habéis criado
ellos/ellas/ustedes	han criado

Present subjunctive

criar: Present subjunctive
yo	críe
tú	críes
él/ella/usted	críe
nosotros	criemos
vosotros	crieis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	críen

Imperative

criar: Imperative
yo	-
tú	cría
él/ella/usted	críe
nosotros	criemos
vosotros	criad
ellos/ellas/ustedes	críen

More tenses

The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.

Past perfect

criar: Past perfect
yo	había criado
tú	habías criado
él/ella/usted	había criado
nosotros	habíamos criado
vosotros	habíais criado
ellos/ellas/ustedes	habían criado

Future perfect

criar: Future perfect
yo	habré criado
tú	habrás criado
él/ella/usted	habrá criado
nosotros	habremos criado
vosotros	habréis criado
ellos/ellas/ustedes	habrán criado

Conditional perfect

criar: Conditional perfect
yo	habría criado
tú	habrías criado
él/ella/usted	habría criado
nosotros	habríamos criado
vosotros	habríais criado
ellos/ellas/ustedes	habrían criado

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

criar: Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
yo	criara
tú	criaras
él/ella/usted	criara
nosotros	criáramos
vosotros	criarais
ellos/ellas/ustedes	criaran

Imperfect subjunctive (-se)

Literary / Spain

criar: Imperfect subjunctive (-se)
yo	criase
tú	criases
él/ella/usted	criase
nosotros	criásemos
vosotros	criaseis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	criasen

Present perfect subjunctive

criar: Present perfect subjunctive
yo	haya criado
tú	hayas criado
él/ella/usted	haya criado
nosotros	hayamos criado
vosotros	hayáis criado
ellos/ellas/ustedes	hayan criado

Pluperfect subjunctive

criar: Pluperfect subjunctive
yo	hubiera criado
tú	hubieras criado
él/ella/usted	hubiera criado
nosotros	hubiéramos criado
vosotros	hubierais criado
ellos/ellas/ustedes	hubieran criado

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More examples with criar

Criar a los hijosTo bring up the children
Criar animalesTo breed animals
Criarse en un puebloTo grow up in a village