criazón
See also: criazon
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish criazon (“household”), inherited from Latin creātiō, creātiōnem (“creation”). Doublet of the borrowing creación. Compare also Portuguese criação.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kɾjaˈθon/ [kɾjaˈθõn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kɾjaˈson/ [kɾjaˈsõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: cria‧zón
Noun
criazón f (plural criazones)
- (archaic) house, household
- Synonym: casa
- (rare) domestic staff, servants
- Synonyms: criados, servidumbre
- (rare) rearing or breeding of animals
- Synonym: crianza
Related terms
- criador (“breeder”)
- criar (“to breed, rear, raise”)
Further reading
- “criazón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014