cridar
Catalan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin crīdō (“to cry out, publish, proclaim”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin quirītō (“to shriek, wail”) (per Diez), or from Frankish *krītan (“to cry out, shout, proclaim”) (per Littré), compare Occitan cridar, Portuguese and Spanish gritar, Italian gridare, Middle Dutch crītan (“to cry”), Old High German krīzan (“to cry out, groan, wail”) (obsolete German kreißen (“to wail, groan”).
Pronunciation
Conjugation
infinitive | cridar | ||||||
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present participle | cridant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cridat | cridada | |||||
plural | cridats | cridades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | crido | crides | crida | cridem | crideu | criden | |
imperfect | cridava | cridaves | cridava | cridàvem | cridàveu | cridaven | |
future | cridaré | cridaràs | cridarà | cridarem | cridareu | cridaran | |
preterite | cridí | cridares | cridà | cridàrem | cridàreu | cridaren | |
conditional | cridaria | cridaries | cridaria | cridaríem | cridaríeu | cridarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cridi | cridis | cridi | cridem | crideu | cridin | |
imperfect | cridés | cridessis | cridés | cridéssim | cridéssiu | cridessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | crida | cridi | cridem | crideu | cridin |
Derived terms
- cridaner (adjective)
- cridar l'atenció
- crit
- escridassar
Further reading
- “cridar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cridar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan cridar, from Medieval Latin crīdō (“to cry out, publish, proclaim”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin quirītō (“to shriek, wail”) (--Diez), or from Frankish *krītan (“to cry out, shout, proclaim”) (--Littré), compare Middle Dutch crītan (“to cry”), Old High German krīzan (“to cry out, groan, wail”) (German kreissen (“to wail, groan in labour”)).
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Verb
cridar
Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | cridar | aver cridat | |||||
gerund | cridant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cridat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cridi | cridas | crida | cridam | cridatz | cridan | |
imperfect | cridavi | cridavas | cridava | cridàvem | cridàvetz | cridavan | |
preterite | cridèri | cridères | cridèt | cridèrem | cridèretz | cridèron | |
future | cridarai | cridaràs | cridarà | cridarem | cridaretz | cridaràn | |
conditional | cridariái | cridariás | cridariá | cridariam | cridariatz | cridarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cridèra | cridèras | cridèra | crideram | crideratz | cridèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cride | crides | cride | cridem | cridetz | criden | |
imperfect | cridèssi | cridèsses | cridèsse | cridèssem | cridèssetz | cridèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
crida | cridem | cridatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | cridar | aver cridat | |||||
gerund | cridant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cridat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cride | crides | crida | cridam | cridatz | cridon | |
imperfect | cridave | cridaves | cridava | cridaviam | cridaviatz | cridavon | |
preterite | cridere | crideres | cridet | cridem | cridetz | crideron | |
future | cridarai | cridaràs | cridará | cridarem | cridaretz | cridarán | |
conditional | cridariá | cridariás | cridariá | cridariam | cridariatz | cridarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cridèra | cridèras | cridèra | crideram | crideratz | cridèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cride | crides | cride | cridassiam | cridassiatz | cridon | |
imperfect | cridesse | cridesses | cridesse | cridessiam | cridessiatz | cridesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
crida | cridassiam | cridatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | cridar | aver cridat | |||||
gerund | cridant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cridat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cridi | cridas | crida | cridam | cridatz | cridan | |
imperfect | cridavi | cridavas | cridava | cridàvam | cridàvatz | cridavan | |
preterite | cridèi | cridès | cridè | cridèm | cridètz | cridèn | |
future | cridarèi | cridaràs | cridarà | cridaram | cridaratz | cridaràn | |
conditional | cridarí | cridarés | cridaré | cridarem | cridaretz | cridarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cridèra | cridèras | cridèra | crideram | crideratz | cridèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cridi | crides | cride | cridem | cridetz | criden | |
imperfect | cridèssi | cridèsses | cridèsse | cridèssem | cridèssetz | cridèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
crida | cridem | cridatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | cridar | aver cridat | |||||
gerund | cridant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cridat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cride | cridas | crida | cridam | cridatz | cridan | |
imperfect | cridava | cridavas | cridava | cridàvam | cridàvatz | cridavan | |
preterite | cridei | crideras | cridet | cridèram | cridèratz | crideran | |
future | cridarai | cridaràs | cridará | cridarem | cridaretz | cridarán | |
conditional | cridariá | cridariàs | cridariá | cridariam | cridariatz | cridarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cridèra | cridèras | cridèra | crideram | crideratz | cridèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cride | crides | cride | cridem | cridetz | criden | |
imperfect | cridèsse | cridèsses | cridèsse | cridèssem | cridèssetz | cridèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
crida | cridem | cridatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | cridar | aver cridat | |||||
gerund | cridant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cridat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cride | crides | crida | cridam | cridatz | cridan | |
imperfect | cridavi | cridavas | cridava | cridàvem | cridàvetz | cridavan | |
preterite | cridère | cridères | cridèt | crideriam | crideriatz | cridèron | |
future | cridarai | cridaràs | cridarà | cridarem | cridaretz | cridaràn | |
conditional | cridariáu | cridariás | cridariá | cridariam | cridariatz | cridarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | cridèra | cridèras | cridèra | crideram | crideratz | cridèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cride | crides | cride | cridem | cridetz | cridan | |
imperfect | cridèsse | cridèsses | cridèsse | cridessiam | cridessiatz | cridèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
crida | cridem | cridatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin crīdō (“to cry out, publish, proclaim”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin quirītō (“to shriek, wail”) (--Diez), or from Frankish *krītan (“to cry out, shout, proclaim”) (--Littré), compare Middle Dutch crītan (“to cry”), Old High German krīzan (“to cry out, groan, wail”) (German kreissen (“to wail, groan in labour”)).
Romansch
Alternative forms
- crider (Puter)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin crīdō (“to cry out, publish, proclaim”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin quirītō (“to shriek, wail”) (--Diez), or from Frankish *krītan (“to cry out, shout, proclaim”) (--Littré), compare Middle Dutch crītan (“to cry”), Old High German krīzan (“to cry out, groan, wail”) (German kreissen (“to wail, groan in labour”)).