criatura

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin creatūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kɾi.əˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kɾi.aˈtu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

criatura f (plural criatures)

1. creature (living being, especially an animal)

   Synonym: creatura

2. small child, infant
   • 2025 February 7, Liliana Arroyo Moliner, “El 'sharenting' i el dret de les criatures a ser anònimes”, in Ara‎^[1]:

     També és diferent penjar la criatura pintant, només mostrant la mà amb el color agafat.

     It's also different to upload the child painting, only showing their hand with the color they've picked up.

   Synonym: infant

Related terms

• crear
• creatura

Further reading

• “criatura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “criatura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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

Etymology

From Spanish criatura. The Ternateño and Caviteño usage is influenced by Portuguese criança.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈtuɾa/, [kɾjaˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: cria‧tu‧ra

Noun

criatura

1. creature
2. (Caviteño, Ternateño) child

   Synonyms: bata, (Zamboangueño) [Term?], (Zamboangueño) niño

Related terms

• creacion
• cree

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• creatura (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese creatura, from Latin creatūra, from creō (“create, make”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾi.aˈtu.ɾɐ/ [kɾɪ.aˈtu.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kɾjaˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾi.aˈtu.ɾɐ/ [kɾɪ.aˈtu.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kɾjaˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾi.aˈtu.ɾa/ [kɾɪ.aˈtu.ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /kɾjaˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾi.ɐˈtu.ɾɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /kɾjɐˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: cri‧a‧tu‧ra

Noun

criatura f (plural criaturas)

1. creature, beast

   Synonyms: animal, besta, bicho, ser vivo

2. person

   Synonyms: pessoa, ser humano, homem, humano

Related terms

• cria
• criação
• criado
• criador
• criadouro
• criança
• criar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin creatūra. Cognate with English creature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾjaˈtuɾa/ [kɾjaˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: cria‧tu‧ra

Noun

criatura f (plural criaturas)

1. creature (living being), critter
2. 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)

Related terms

• crear
• criador
• criar

Further reading

• “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