cariar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾjaɾ/ [kaˈɾjaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧riar

Verb

cariar (first-person singular present carío, first-person singular preterite carié, past participle cariado)

  1. to cause cavities, decay
    Synonym: carear

Conjugation

Further reading

  • cariar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “cariar”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]