criatura — meaning in English

English meaning

• being noun A living creature, especially in phrases like "human being."
• brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
• creature noun A living being, especially an animal.
• critter noun An informal word for a living creature, especially an animal.

Senses

criatura is used for these senses in English:

• being A living creature.
• brute (archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]
• creature A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
• critter (usually, affectionate, US, Australia) A creature, an animal.

being — full definition

1. noun A living creature, especially in phrases like "human being."
2. noun The state of existing; existence itself.
3. conjunction Given that; since (used to introduce a reason).

brute — full definition

1. noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
2. adjective Purely physical, with no reasoning or subtlety involved.

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