Spanish Verb CRIAR - to bring up. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb CRIAR: to bring up

The Spanish verb criar means 'to bring up ' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

To remember this, imagine CREE Indians bring up their children to be CREEative!

Criar makes conjugation changes in the Present, Present Subjunctive and Imperative tenses by adding an accent to the i.
During a part of November a new irregular IAR verb is featured each day to enable you to consolidate this AR verb family. You will learn other verbs with similar patterns such as aliar, aviar, confiar, guiar, and others.
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Read on, below the CRIAR verb table...

to bring up: criar
Imagine CREE Indians bring up
their children to be CREEative!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE criar
Simple Tenses criar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente bring up	crío	crías	cría	criamos	criáis*	crían
Imperfect Imperfecto brought up	criaba	criabas	criaba	criábamos	criabais	criaban
Preterit Pretérito brought up	crié*	criaste	crió*	criamos	criasteis	criaron
Future Futuro will bring up	criaré	criarás	criará	criaremos	criaréis	criarán
Conditional Condicional would bring up	criaría	criarías	criaría	criaríamos	criaríais	criarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may bring up	críe	críes	críe	criemos	criéis*	críen
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may bring up	criara	criaras	criara	cruáramos	criarais	criaran
	criase	criases	criase	criásemos	criaseis	criasen
Imperative Tenses criar
Imperative Imperativo bring up!		¡cría!	¡críe!	¡criemos!	¡criad!	¡críen!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't bring up!		¡no críes!	¡no críe!	¡no criemos!	¡no criéis!*	¡no críen!
Compound Tenses criar - Past Participle criado - brought up
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have brought up	he criado	has criado	ha criado	hemos criado	habéis criado	han criado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had brought up	hube criado	hubiste criado	hubo criado	hubimos criado	hubisteis criado	hubieron criado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had brought up	había criado	habías criado	había criado	habíamos criado	habíais criado	habían criado
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have brought up	haya criado	hayas criado	haya criado	hayamos criado	hayáis criado	hayan criado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have brought up	habré criado	habrás criado	habrá criado	habremos criado	habréis criado	habrán criado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have brought up	habría criado	habrías criado	habría criado	habríamos criado	habríais criado	habrían criado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have brought up	hubiera criado	hubieras criado	hubiera criado	hubiéramos criado	hubierais criado	hubieran criado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have brought up	hubiese criado	hubieses criado	hubiese criado	hubiésemos criado	hubieseis criado	hubiesen criado
Progressive Tenses: Present Participle criando - bringing up
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am bringing up	estoy criando	estás criando	está criando	estamos criando	está criando	están criando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was bringing up	estuve criando	estuviste criando	estuvo criando	estuvimos criando	estuvisteis criando	estuvieron criando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been bringing up	estaba criando	estabas criando	estaba criando	estábamos criando	estabais criando	estaban criando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be bringing up	estaré criando	estarás criando	estará criando	estaremos criando	estaréis criando	estarán criando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would've been bringing up	estaría criando	estarías criando	estabría criando	estaríamos criando	estaríais criando	estarían criando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may've been bringing up	que ~ criando	que ~ criando	que ~ criando	que ~ criando	que ~ criando	que ~ criando

* Accents no longer required but still in use.

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MORE on the SPANISH VERB criar

criar can also mean: to raise, to rear (children);to breed; to breast-feed, to suckle.
criarse (vr): to grow up.

criado/a (adj): grown, brought up
mal criado/a: spoilt, badly brought up.
bien criada: well brought up, well-bred.

el criado / la criada (nm/f): servant, maid.
Nos criamos en la calle: We grew up on the streets.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular AR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos crías
Presente de Subjuntivo: vos críes*

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for bring up criar is an Irregular AR verb.
Learn to conjugate criar and it will reinforce this irregular pattern.
Do a series of verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the Spanish Verbs List.
The same applies to the various patterns. Each month we feature a daily verb from one of the major pattern groups.
Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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