crío

Definitions of crío
  1. noun
    the young of an animal cared for at one time
    synonyms: camada, cría, generación, lechigada, nidada, pollada, progenie, prole, ventregada
  2. noun
    a young person of either sex
    synonyms: alevín, chaval, chico, chiquillo, menor, niño
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    hijo adoptivo
    a child who is raised by foster parents
    bribón, diablillo, granuja, pillete, pillo, pilluelo, pícaro, tuno
    one who is playfully mischievous
    doctrino, guacho, huérfano
    a child who has lost both parents
    bobo, tonto
    a word used for misbehaving children
    chiquitín
    a young child
    arrapiezo, criajo, galopín, garulla, golfillo, golfo, mataperros, patojo, pingucho
    poor and often mischievous city child
    abandonado
    a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
    descamisado, guiñapo
    a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
    bicho, braguillas, churumbel, mocoso, niñato
    a very troublesome child
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    joven
    a young person, not fully developed
  3. noun
    a youthful male person
    synonyms: chiquillo, joven, muchacho, niño, pequeño
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    niña
    a youthful female person
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    monacillo, monaguillo
    a boy serving as an acolyte
    recogepelotas
    a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players
    chaval, hijito, hijo, zagal
    a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
    colegial, escolar
    a boy attending school
    boy scout, explorador
    a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
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    macho
    a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
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