croar

croar

Galician

Alternative forms

• croaxar

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɾoˈaɾ]

Verb

croar (first-person singular present croo, first-person singular preterite croei, past participle croado)

1. (intrantive) to caw

   Synonym: grallar

Conjugation

Conjugation of croar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	croar
personal	croar	croares	croar	croarmos	croardes	croaren
Gerund
	croando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	croado			croados
feminine	croada			croadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	croo	croas	croa	croamos	croades	croan
imperfect	croaba	croabas	croaba	croabamos	croabades	croaban
preterite	croei	croaches	croou	croamos	croastes	croaron
pluperfect	croara	croaras	croara	croaramos	croarades	croaran
future	croarei	croarás	croará	croaremos	croaredes	croarán
conditional	croaría	croarías	croaría	croariamos	croariades	croarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	croe	croes	croe	croemos	croedes	croen
preterite	croase	croases	croase	croásemos	croásedes	croasen
future	croar	croares	croar	croarmos	croardes	croaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	croa	croe	croemos	croade	croen
negative	–	croes	croe	croemos	croedes	croen

References

• “croar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “croar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “croar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾoˈaɾ/ [kɾoˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cro‧ar

Verb

croar (first-person singular present croo, first-person singular preterite croé, past participle croado)

1. to ribbit, to croak

Conjugation

    Conjugation of croar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			croar
gerund			croando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		croado		croada
		plural		croados		croadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	croo	croastú croásvos	croa	croamos	croáis	croan
	imperfect	croaba	croabas	croaba	croábamos	croabais	croaban
	preterite	croé	croaste	croó	croamos	croasteis	croaron
	future	croaré	croarás	croará	croaremos	croaréis	croarán
	conditional	croaría	croarías	croaría	croaríamos	croaríais	croarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	croe	croestú croésvos2	croe	croemos	croéis	croen
	imperfect (ra)	croara	croaras	croara	croáramos	croarais	croaran
	imperfect (se)	croase	croases	croase	croásemos	croaseis	croasen
	future1	croare	croares	croare	croáremos	croareis	croaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		croatú croávos	croe	croemos	croad	croen
	negative		no croes	no croe	no croemos	no croéis	no croen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• croac (noun)

Further reading

• “croar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• carro
• corra