criado

See also: Criado

Galician

Participle

criado (feminine criada, masculine plural criados, feminine plural criadas)

1. past participle of criar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• creado (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin creātus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.du/, (faster) /ˈkɾja.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.du/ [kɾiˈa.ðu], (faster) /ˈkɾja.du/ [ˈkɾja.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.du/ [kɾiˈa.ðu], (faster) /ˈkɾja.du/ [ˈkɾja.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈa.du/, (faster) /ˈkɾja.du/

Noun

criado m (plural criados, feminine criada, feminine plural criadas)

1. servant

   Synonym: empregado doméstico

Derived terms

• criado-mudo

Descendants

• → French: griot
  • → English: griot
• Macanese: quiada (from criada)

Participle

criado (feminine criada, masculine plural criados, feminine plural criadas)

1. past participle of criar

Further reading

• “criado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “criado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of criar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾjado/ [ˈkɾja.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: cria‧do

Noun

criado m (plural criados, feminine criada, feminine plural criadas)

1. servant

   Synonyms: siervo, sirviente

Participle

criado (feminine criada, masculine plural criados, feminine plural criadas)

1. past participle of criar

Further reading

• “criado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025