criar Future Conjugation
criar — to raise
The future tense of criar is completely regular: criaré, criarás, criará, criaremos, criaréis, criarán.
criar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to talk about how you intend to raise children in the future or to make predictions about someone's upbringing.
Notes on criar in the Future
Criar is fully regular in the future. You simply add the standard endings to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
Criaremos a nuestros hijos bilingües.
We will raise our children bilingual.
nosotros
¿Cómo criarán a ese cachorro?
How will they raise that puppy?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Sé que criarás muy bien a ese niño.
I know you will raise that child very well.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Trying to add an accent to the 'i' like in the present tense (e.g., 'criaré').
Correct: criaré
Why: In the future tense, the stress is on the ending, not the stem, so the 'i' remains a weak vowel and doesn't need an accent.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: crío
The present tense of criar features a hiatus, meaning the 'i' takes a mandatory accent in most forms: crío, crías, cría, crían.
Preterite
yo: crié
The preterite of criar is regular but requires accents on the 'i' and 'o' for the yo and él forms: crié, criaste, crió.
Imperfect
yo: criaba
The imperfect of criar is regular: criaba, criabas, criaba, criábamos, criabais, criaban.
Conditional
yo: criaría
The conditional of criar is regular: criaría, criarías, criaría, criaríamos, criaríais, criarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: críe
The present subjunctive of criar requires an accent on the 'i' to maintain the hiatus: críe, críes, críe, criemos, criéis, críen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: criara
The imperfect subjunctive of criar is regular based on the preterite stem: criara, criaras, criara, criáramos, criarais, criaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cría
The affirmative imperative uses cría (tú) and críe (usted), maintaining the hiatus accent.
Negative Imperative
yo: no críes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no críes, no críe, no criemos, no criéis, no críen.