Criada in english
Maid
pronunciation: meɪd part of speech: noun
pronunciation: meɪd part of speech: noun
In gestures
criada = handmaiden ; maid ; maidservant ; housemaid ; handmaid.
Example: We need, on behalf of our students, indeed on our own behalf, to be bridges into that future and not handmaidens to the past.Example: Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.Example: In all three novels, a love-stricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.Example: A Qatari man is facing charges of raping a Filipino housemaid, when she was 17, on her very first day of employment in his house.Example: Wine was presented both to matrons and virgins at an Egyptian feast and they were waited upon by handmaids and female slaves.criado1 = servant ; menial worker ; menial.
Example: In 1807 Whitbread's Bill for elementary education was opposed on the grounds that it would spread discontent among the poorer classes and make them poor servants.Example: These free Negro women could earn only such wages as were paid to menial workers.Example: However numerous the class of menials may be, it has not, as a rule, been able to absorb the whole number of those left propertyless.more:
» ser criado de = wait on .
Example: Leo isn't one to daydream of waiting on her man -- in fact, if she has daydreams of this nature, they will be dreams of the man waiting on her.» tener de criado = wait on + Nombre + hand and foot .
Example: I have an 87 year old mother who believes my only purpose in this world is to wait on her hand and foot.criado2
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» criado con el pecho = breast-fed .
Example: There is general consensus that the intestinal flora of healthy breast-fed infants has several beneficial effects.» criado en la calle = street-smart .
Example: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.» mal criado = ill-bred .
Example: The king has just sent me word that he means to help only those that have been ill-born and ill-bred to make up for their misfortunes.criar = breed ; rear ; raise ; fledge ; nurse ; raise + Animales ; hatch ; nurture.
Example: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.Example: One of the main characteristics of written language, especially for people reared in oral cultural milieus, is the inability of the learner to rely on what has always been available: the non-verbal element of communication.Example: The current generation of young adults were raised on television, video games, music videos, and other highly visual media = The current generation of young adults were raised on television, video games, music videos, and other highly visual media.Example: Birds in territories with more foliage cover were more likely to fledge young.Example: The author also evokes the story of the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus in order to suggest the barbarity of Renaissance Rome.Example: New animal husbandry systems should be developed that provide opportunities for livestock animals to be raised in environments where they are permitted to engage in 'natural behaviour'.Example: The eggs a chicken lays without the help of a cockerel are not fertilised and will therefore never hatch.Example: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.more:
» cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it! ; what goes around comes around ; the chickens come home to roost [Derivado de la expresión original "Curses, like chickens, come home to roost"] ; you (shall) reap what you sow ; if you dance, you must pay the piper ; as you sow, so shall you reap .
Example: After all, "you've made your bed, now you must lie in it," so there's no sense complaining. Example: If there's one place where what goes around comes around, it's the United States Senate. Example: These particular chickens do come home to roost = Derivado de la expresión original "Curses, like chickens, come home to roost". Example: A popular teaching of the New Testament is the principle that 'you reap what you sow'. Example: And as the old saying goes: 'If you dance, you must pay the piper' . Example: The article 'as you sow, so shall you reap: understanding the value of information' addresses the common problem of how to establish the value of the library and the information it provides in the eyes of the parent organisation.» criando malvas = six feet under .
Example: You may hear once in a while where someone had a close encounter with death, but they never made it six feet under -- death is something we can escape easily.» criar caballos = rear + horses .
Example: This property has the potential for the astute investor to subdivide it into 1 hectare lots or simply use it to rear horses or grow fresh produce.» criar cerdos = raise + pigs .
Example: For pork that tastes better than plastic-wrapped meat and costs only pennies per pound, consider raising pigs of your own.» criar costra = scab (over) .
Example: I have chicken pox, the rash started last thursday week and although the majority of spots have scabbed over, I'm still seeing a few new ones.» criar entre algodones = wrap + Nombre + (up) in cotton wool .
Example: Fragile Sheridan Smith needs the support of her adoring fans, not to be wrapped up in cotton wool.» criar ganado = raise + livestock .
Example: Every year millions of acres of tropical forest are burned, primarily to raise livestock, releasing millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.» criar malvas = push up + (the) daisies .
Example: Anyway, some day in the not too distant future the old windbag will be pushing up the daisies.» criar niños = rear + children ; raise + children ; child rearing .
Example: The housewife cleaning her house, shopping, cooking meals, rearing her children and washing and ironing is undoubtedly working just as much as is her husband on the car assembly line or in the insurance office. Example: In a promotional brochure Junctionville is vaunted as 'an attractive city to live in and a nice place to raise children'. Example: Those women who have chosen to take a career break for child rearing may need access to top-up training on returning to the profession.» criar peces = farm + fish .
Example: Farming fish and rice together achieves the same rice yield as growing rice alone, but uses 68% less pesticide and 24% less chemical fertilizer.» criar pollos = raise + chickens .
Example: Sure, fresh eggs are a great reason to raise chickens, but it doesn't end there.» criarse = grow up .
Example: Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.» criarse salvaje = grow + wild .
Example: Bignonias are found in warm climates and grow wild in the Eastern and Southern United States.» criarse silvestre = grow + wild .
Example: Bignonias are found in warm climates and grow wild in the Eastern and Southern United States.» cuando las ranas críen pelos = when hell freezes over ; when pigs fly ; never in a month of Sundays .
Example: After claiming they'd get back together 'when hell freezes over,' The Eagles did exactly that and this excellent album is the result. Example: Somebody once told me that Arabs and Jews will come together when pigs fly. Example: The two stepsisters also wondered who the newcomer was, for never in a month of Sundays, would they ever have guessed that the beautiful girl was really poor Cinderella who talked to the cat!.» Dios los cría y ellos se juntan = birds of a feather flock together .
Example: I have always believed that, as the old sayings go, 'You are known by the company you keep', 'Birds of a feather flock together', 'Lie down with dogs and you get fleas', etc, etc.» hasta que las ranas críen pelos = until/till the cows come home ; until/till hell freezes over ; until/till kingdom come .
Example: I put you on notice that you may argue till the cows come home about Jabari having blood on his hands, but the plain truth in this case is that Jabari and Hamas were honoring the ceasefire. Example: But while he detested abolitionism, he passionately loved the Union and felt even greater hatred toward secessionists, vowing to 'fight them till hell freezes over'. Example: It's a battle that's going to rage on till kingdom come.» uando las ranas críen pelos = never in a million years .
Example: How could she tell him she would never in a million years work for him, not for all the money in the world.