crear

Crear is a Spanish verb meaning to cause something to exist or to bring something into existence. It is a transitive verb used with a direct object, and it denotes the act of making something new rather than merely modifying it. The infinitive form is crear, the past participle is creado, and the gerund is creando.

Conjugation: As a regular -ar verb, crear follows standard endings. Present: creo, creas, crea, creamos, crean. Preterite: creé, creaste, creó, creamos, crearon. Imperfect: creaba, creabas, creaba, creábamos, creaban. Future: crearé, crearás, creará, crearemos, crearán. Conditional: crearía, crearías, crearía, crearíamos, crearían. Present subjunctive: yo crea, tú creas, él/ella/Ud. crea, nosotros creamos, vosotros creáis, ellos crean. Imperative: tú crea, usted cree, nosotros creemos, vosotros cread, ustedes crean. Participio: creado; gerundio: creando. Compound tenses use haber: he creado, había creado, habremos creado, etc.

Usage notes: Crear is used to describe the act of making or inventing things—art, ideas, technologies, institutions, or plans. It is common in education, business, culture, and technology. In nuance, crear emphasizes bringing something into existence, while generar stresses producing results or outputs, and producir often indicates manufacture or dissemination.

Etymology and cognates: From Latin creare, it is cognate with the English word create and the French créer. It is widely used across the Spanish-speaking world in formal and informal contexts.