Meanings (ES + gloss)
criar
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
He wants a father to protect his youth, and rear him up to virtue.
criar
To breed and raise.
The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.
erigir
To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
Poverty reared its ugly head. (appeared, started, began to have an effect)
The monster slowly reared its head.
construir
To construct by building; to set up
to rear defenses or houses
to rear one government on the ruins of another.
Phrases