criolla in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for criolla in the Spanish»English Dictionary

viveza criolla N f AmS pej

viveza criolla

native wit and cunning

viveza criolla Info

viveza criolla

→ picaresca y pícaro.

See also picaresca y pícaro

picaresca y pícaro Info

picaresca y pícaro

A picaresque outlook on life, known in Latin America as viveza criolla, involves resorting to guile and trickery in order to get ahead or simply survive. In Spanish-speaking countries, this is often regarded as amusing or unavoidably necessary. This perspective results from the injustices often meted out by the rulers and law enforcers in these countries.
In literature, a novela picaresca is one that recounts the adventures of a pícaro, an appealing rogue. The sixteenth-century Spanish novel Lazarillo de Tormes is the earliest example.

criollo¹ (criolla) ADJ

1. criollo HISTORY:

criollo (criolla)

Creole

2. criollo LatAm (por oposición a extranjero):

criollo (criolla)

Venezuelan (or Peruvian etc.)

criollo (criolla) plato/artesanía/cocina

national

nació en Barcelona, pero es tan criollo como el que más

he was born in Barcelona, but he's as Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc.) as they come inf

a la criolla RioPl inf

informal

a la criolla RioPl inf

casual

3. criollo lengua:

criollo (criolla)

creole

See also viveza

viveza N f picaresca y pícaro

1.1. viveza (rapidez, agilidad):

viveza

liveliness

viveza de ingenio

readiness o sharpness of wit

1.2. viveza:

viveza (de una descripción, un recuerdo)

vividness

viveza (de un estilo)

liveliness

lo describió todo con gran viveza

she described it all very vividly

1.3. viveza:

viveza (de un color)

brightness

viveza (del fuego)

brightness

1.4. viveza (de los ojos, la mirada):

viveza

liveliness

viveza

brightness

1.5. viveza (de una emoción, un deseo):

viveza

strength

viveza

intensity

2.1. viveza (astucia):

viveza (cualidad)

sharpness

2.2. viveza (astucia) (acto):

estará haciendo una de sus vivezas

he's probably up to one of his little schemes o his clever little tricks

I.criollo² (criolla) N m (f)

1. criollo HISTORY:

criollo (criolla)

Creole (of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)

2. criollo LatAm (nativo):

criollo (criolla)

Venezuelan (or Peruvian etc.)

II.criollo N m LING

criollo

creole

como se dice en criollo

as we say in Latin America (o in Peru etc.)

decir algo/hablar en criollo LatAm inf

to say sth in plain Spanish

Translations for criolla in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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criolla in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for criolla in the Spanish»English Dictionary

criollo (-a) ADJ N m (f)

criollo (-a)

Creole

criollo N m LING

criollo

Creole

criollo haitiano

Haitian Creole

criolla Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

criollo haitiano

Haitian Creole