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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescria
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈkɾi.a/
"A cria da alpaca correu pelo pasto logo após nascer."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A baby alpaca, llama, vicuña, or guanaco.
"The farmer eagerly awaited the birth of a new cria during the spring lambing and calving season."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed directly into English in the late 20th century from American Spanish, where it functions as a noun meaning 'brood' or 'offspring', ultimately deriving from the verb criar ('to breed, to raise'), from Latin creare ('to create, bring forth'). Its usage in English specifically designates the baby of a camelid species such as an alpaca, llama, vicuña, or guanaco.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cria" is said worldwide
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cria
Transliteration: /kʁi.a/
"Le nouveau-né alpaga est appelé un cria."
Cria
Transliteration: /ˈkʁiːa/
"Das neugeborene Alpaka wird als Cria bezeichnet."
cria
Transliteration: /ˈkri.a/
"Il piccolo di lama o alpaca viene chiamato cria."
cria
Transliteration: /ˈkɾi.a/
Script: cría
"La cría de alpaca nació saludable esta madrugada."
cria
Transliteration: /ˈkɾi.a/
"A cria da alpaca correu pelo pasto logo após nascer."
लामा या अल्पाका का बच्चा
Transliteration: lama ya alpaka ka bachcha
"अल्पाका के नवजात शिशु को क्रिया कहा जाता है।"
羊驼幼崽
Transliteration: yángtuō yòuzǎi
"农场里诞生了一只可爱的羊驼幼崽。"
크리아
Transliteration: keu-ri-a
"태어난 지 얼마 안 된 알파카 새끼를 크리아라고 부릅니다."
クリリア
Transliteration: kuria
"アルパカやラマの赤ちゃんをクリリアと呼びます。"
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