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"to create" in seven languages

Meaningto create

Spanish

crear

/kɾeˈaɾ/

learned

The inherited twin is criar 'to raise, to breed' — same Latin verb, worn down by everyday use.

French

créer

/kʁee/

learned

Italian

creare

/kreˈare/

learned

Portuguese

criar

/kɾiˈah/

inherited

The old popular form: criar also means 'to raise' children or animals.

Romanian

crea

/kreˈa/

learned

Catalan

crear

/kɾəˈa/

learned

English

create

/kɹiˈeɪt/

from Latin/French · Latin CREĀRE (past participle CREĀTUS)

English → Italianto createcreareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CREĀRE‘to bring forth, to make grow’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish shows the split best: crear (learned) is to create, criar (inherited from the same CREĀRE) is to bring up children or breed animals.

English relatives: creation, creature, creative, creator

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In a sentence

  • esCreó su propia empresa.
  • frElle a créé sa propre entreprise.
  • itHa creato la sua azienda.
  • ptEla criou a própria empresa.
  • roȘi-a creat propria firmă.
  • caVa crear la seva pròpia empresa.
  • enShe created her own company.

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