criatura
Catalan
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editcriatura f (plural criatures)
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edit- “criatura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “criatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “criatura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “criatura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chavacano
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish criatura. The Ternateño and Caviteño usage is influenced by Portuguese criança.
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editcriatura
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editPortuguese
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editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese creatura, from Latin creatūra, from creō (“create, make”).
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- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: cri‧a‧tu‧ra
Noun
editcriatura f (plural criaturas)
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editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin creatūra. Cognate with English creature.
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editcriatura f (plural criaturas)
- creature (living being), critter
- small child, infant
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 160:
- Durante el embarazo, la mujer no debe mirar a ninguna persona fea o que tenga algún defecto físico, ni fijar su atención en pinturas, animales u objetos que se señalen por alguna deformidad, pues corre el peligro que la criatura resulte igualmente imperfecta
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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edit- “criatura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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