criticón

Spanish

Etymology

From crítico +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾitiˈkon/ [kɾi.t̪iˈkõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: cri‧ti‧cón

Adjective

criticón (feminine criticona, masculine plural criticones, feminine plural criticonas)

1. captious, cavilling, nitpicky

Noun

criticón m (plural criticones, feminine criticona, feminine plural criticonas)

1. fussbudget

Further reading

• “criticón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28