crianza

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crianza
feminine noun
1nursing, breastfeeding (de bebé)
2breeding, rearing (de animales)
3vintage (del vino)
  • vino de crianza -> vintage wine
4breeding (educación)

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crianza [cre-ahn’-thah]
noun
1Creation, act of creating. (f)
2Lactation. (f)
3Breeding, manners, education, nursery. (f)
  • Dar crianza -> to breed, to educate, to bring up
  • Mala crianza -> bad breeding
  • Sin crianza -> ill-bred

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crianza
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Agr) (actividad) rearing; (para la reproducción) breeding;
2 (Med) lactation
3 [de vinos] vintage
vinos de crianza vintage wines
4 (educación) breeding
mala crianza lack of breeding; sin crianza ill-bred
Quality Spanish wine is often graded Crianza, Reserva or Gran Reserva according to the length of bottle-ageing and barrel-ageing it has undergone. Crianza wines are in their third year, reds having spent at least twelve months in cask and whites six.
CrianzaReservaGran ReservaCrianza
note note See culture box in entry reserva.

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