crítico

See also: critico, criticó, and criticò

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.ti.ku/

• Hyphenation: crí‧ti‧co

Adjective

crítico (feminine crítica, masculine plural críticos, feminine plural críticas, comparable, comparative mais crítico, superlative o mais crítico or criticíssimo)

1. critical (extremely important)
2. critical (inclined to criticize; censorious; exacting)
3. critical (pertaining to, or indicating a crisis or turning point)

Derived terms

• acrítico

Noun

crítico m (plural críticos, feminine crítica, feminine plural críticas)

1. critic (a person who appraises the works of others)

Related terms

• criticar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾitiko/ [ˈkɾi.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -itiko
• Syllabification: crí‧ti‧co

Adjective

crítico (feminine crítica, masculine plural críticos, feminine plural críticas)

1. critical (inclined to criticize), judgmental

   Antonym: acrítico

2. critical (pertaining to a crisis)

Derived terms

• acrítico
• anticrítico
• aparato crítico
• autocrítico
• críticamente
• criticón
• edición crítica
• masa crítica
• punto crítico

 

Noun

crítico m (plural críticos, feminine crítica, feminine plural críticas)

1. critic (a person who appraises the works of others)

Related terms

• criticar

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kritiko

Further reading

• “crítico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10