croar

Galician

Alternative forms

• croaxar

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɾoˈaɾ]

Verb

croar (first-person singular present croo, first-person singular preterite croei, past participle croado)

1. (intransitive) to caw

   Synonym: grallar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of croar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	croar
Personal	croar	croares	croar	croarmos	croardes	croaren
Gerund
	croando
Past participle
Masculine	croado			croados
Feminine	croada			croadas
Indicative
Present	croo	croas	croa	croamos	croades	croan
Imperfect	croaba	croabas	croaba	croabamos	croabades	croaban
Preterite	croei	croaches	croou	croamos	croastes	croaron
Pluperfect	croara	croaras	croara	croaramos	croarades	croaran
Future	croarei	croarás	croará	croaremos	croaredes	croarán
Conditional	croaría	croarías	croaría	croariamos	croariades	croarían
Subjunctive
Present	croe	croes	croe	croemos	croedes	croen
Imperfect	croase	croases	croase	croásemos	croásedes	croasen
Future	croar	croares	croar	croarmos	croardes	croaren
Imperative
Affirmative		croa	croe	croemos	croade	croen
Negative (non)		non croes	non croe	non croemos	non croedes	non croen

    Reintegrated conjugation of croar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	croar
Personal	croar	croares	croar	croarmos	croardes	croarem
Gerund
	croando
Past participle
Masculine	croado			croados
Feminine	croada			croadas
Indicative
Present	croo	croas	croa	croamos	croades, croais	croam
Imperfect	croava	croavas	croava	croávamos	croávades, croáveis, croávais1	croavam
Preterite	croei	croaste, croache1	croou	croamos	croastes	croárom, croaram
Pluperfect	croara	croaras	croara	croáramos	croárades, croáreis, croárais1	croaram
Future	croarei	croarás	croará	croaremos	croaredes, croareis	croarám, croarão
Conditional	croaria	croarias	croaria	croaríamos	croaríades, croaríeis, croaríais1	croariam
Subjunctive
Present	croe	croes	croe	croemos	croedes, croeis	croem
Imperfect	croasse	croasses	croasse	croássemos	croássedes, croásseis	croassem
Future	croar	croares	croar	croarmos	croardes	croarem
Imperative
Affirmative		croa	croe	croemos	croade, croai	croem
Negative (nom)		nom croes	nom croe	nom croemos	nom croedes, nom croeis	nom croem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “croar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “croar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “croar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “croar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾoˈaɾ/ [kɾoˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cro‧ar

Verb

croar (first-person singular present croo, first-person singular preterite croé, past participle croado)

1. (intransitive) to ribbit, to croak

Conjugation

    Conjugation of croar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			croar
gerund			croando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		croado		croada
		plural		croados		croadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	croo	croastú croásvos	croa	croamos	croáis	croan
	imperfect	croaba	croabas	croaba	croábamos	croabais	croaban
	preterite	croé	croaste	croó	croamos	croasteis	croaron
	future	croaré	croarás	croará	croaremos	croaréis	croarán
	conditional	croaría	croarías	croaría	croaríamos	croaríais	croarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	croe	croestú croésvos2	croe	croemos	croéis	croen
	imperfect (ra)	croara	croaras	croara	croáramos	croarais	croaran
	imperfect (se)	croase	croases	croase	croásemos	croaseis	croasen
	future1	croare	croares	croare	croáremos	croareis	croaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		croatú croávos	croe	croemos	croad	croen
	negative		no croes	no croe	no croemos	no croéis	no croen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• croac (noun)

Further reading

• “croar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• carro
• corra