cría

f.

1 offspring, suckling, youngling, young.

2 nurture, rearing, bringing, raising.

3 breeding.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: criar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: criar.

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cría

► nombre femenino

1 (acto de criar) nursing; (de animal) breeding, raising

2 (cachorro) young

3 (camada - ovíparos) brood; (- mamíferos) litter

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noun f.

1) rearing, breeding

2) baby, cub, pup, young

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SF

1) (Agr) (=actividad) rearing; [para la reproducción] breeding

hembra de cría — breeding female

cría caballar — horse breeding

cría de ganado — cattle breeding, stockbreeding

cría de peces — fish farming

2) (Zool) (=camada) litter; (=individuo) baby animal

una cría de ballena — a baby whale

una cría de león — a lion cub

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femenino

1) (Agr) rearing, raising; (para la reproducción) breeding

2) (Zool)

a) (camada) litter; (nidada) brood

b) (animal)

una cría de ciervo — a baby deer

el macho cuida las crías — the male looks after the young

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= offspring, breeding, offspring, pup, litter, farrow, nestling, hatchling, kit.

Nota: Generalmente referido a los animales mamíferos.

Ex. The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The Penguin story: hatching and breeding'.

Ex. Regrettably, hardly any flags have been raised as to what it all will mean for our offspring.

Ex. Control males were slower to contact pups, licked them more, and huddled less than control females.

Ex. Sows that farrowed in winter had the highest number of stillborn piglets per litter and the lowest percentage born alive.

Ex. Treated semen increased the number of farrows, but had no effect on the mean size of the litters.

Ex. Mourning doves feed their nestlings crop milk which contains more protein and fat than is found in either cow or human milk.

Ex. The volunteers protected the eggs from poachers and helped the hatchlings get safely to the water.

Ex. Most baby ferrets (kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.

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* ama de cría = wet-nurse.

* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* cría de abejas = beekeeping.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría de aves = poultry farming, aviculture, chicken farming.

* cría ecológica = free-range farming.

* cría en campo = free-range farming.

* cría en corral = free-range farming.

* cría en granja = free-range farming.

* cría intensiva = battery farming.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* gestión de grandes extensiones para la cría de ganado = range management.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* granja de cría intensiva = battery farm.

* lugar de cría = breeding ground, breeding area.

* sector de la cría de cerdos, el = pig sector, the.

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femenino

1) (Agr) rearing, raising; (para la reproducción) breeding

2) (Zool)

a) (camada) litter; (nidada) brood

b) (animal)

una cría de ciervo — a baby deer

el macho cuida las crías — the male looks after the young

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= offspring, breeding, offspring, pup, litter, farrow, nestling, hatchling, kit.

Nota: Generalmente referido a los animales mamíferos.

Ex: The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The Penguin story: hatching and breeding'.

Ex: Regrettably, hardly any flags have been raised as to what it all will mean for our offspring.

Ex: Control males were slower to contact pups, licked them more, and huddled less than control females.

Ex: Sows that farrowed in winter had the highest number of stillborn piglets per litter and the lowest percentage born alive.

Ex: Treated semen increased the number of farrows, but had no effect on the mean size of the litters.

Ex: Mourning doves feed their nestlings crop milk which contains more protein and fat than is found in either cow or human milk.

Ex: The volunteers protected the eggs from poachers and helped the hatchlings get safely to the water.

Ex: Most baby ferrets (kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.

* ama de cría = wet-nurse.

* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* cría de abejas = beekeeping.

* cría de animales = animal husbandry.

* cría de aves = poultry farming, aviculture, chicken farming.

* cría ecológica = free-range farming.

* cría en campo = free-range farming.

* cría en corral = free-range farming.

* cría en granja = free-range farming.

* cría intensiva = battery farming.

* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* gestión de grandes extensiones para la cría de ganado = range management.

* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.

* granja de cría intensiva = battery farm.

* lugar de cría = breeding ground, breeding area.

* sector de la cría de cerdos, el = pig sector, the.

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cría

feminine

A (Agr) rearing, raising; (para la reproducción) breeding

B (Zool)

1 (camada) litter; (nidada) brood

2

(animal): es una cría de ciervo it's a baby deer

la gata tuvo cuatro crías the cat had four kittens

el macho cuida las crías the male looks after the young

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Del verbo criar: (conjugate criar)

cría es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
criar    
cría
criar (conjugate criar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹niño›

a) (cuidar, educar) to bring up, raise

b) (amamantar) to breast-feed;

◊ criado con biberón bottle-fed

2

a) ‹ganado› to raise, rear;

(para la reproducción) to breed

b) ‹pollos/pavos› to breed

criarse verbo pronominal
to grow up;

◊ me crie en el campo I grew up in the country;

me crie con mi abuela I was brought up by my grandmother
cría sustantivo femenino

a) (crianza) rearing, raising;

(para la reproducción) breeding

b) (Zool) (camada) litter;

(nidada) brood

c) (animal):

◊ una cría de ciervo a baby deer

criar verbo transitivo
1 (niños) to bring up, rear
2 (animales) to breed, raise
3 (vino) to make
4 (producir, generar) to have, grow: esta tierra cría gusanos, this soil breeds worms
♦ Locuciones: criar malvas, to push up daisies
crío,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino familiar kid
♦ Locuciones: ser un crío, to be like a child
cría sustantivo femenino
1 (crianza) breeding, raising
2 (de un animal) young
'cría' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cerdo
- cordera
- cordero
- criar
- ganadería
- mamar
- nodriza
- ternera
- ama
- chivo
- chupar
- crío
- pajarito
- pollo
English:
baby
- battery farm
- breeding
- calf
- moss
- battery
- factory
- litter
- livestock
- off
- pup
- raise
- single

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cría nf

1. [hijo del animal]

crías young;

cría de ave chick;

cría de león lion cub

2. [camada] litter

3. [crianza] [de animales] breeding;

[de plantas] growing

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cría

f

1 acción breeding

2 de zorro, león cub; de perro puppy; de gato kitten; de oveja lamb;

sus crías her young

crío

m, cría f fam

kid fam

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cría nf

1) : breeding, rearing

2) : young

3) : litter

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cría n (animal) baby [pl. babies]

una cría de oso a baby bear