criticar

From crític +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kɾi.tiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kɾi.tiˈkaɾ]

criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiquí, past participle criticat)(transitive)

1. to critique
2. to criticize

   Synonyms: critiquejar, blasmar, censurar

• “criticar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “criticar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

• IPA^(key): /kɾitiˈkaɾ/ [kɾi.t̪iˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: cri‧ti‧car

criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiquei, past participle criticado)

1. to criticize

• “criticar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “criticar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “to be able to discern”), derived from κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”), from the verb κρίνω, κρίνειν (krínō, krínein, “to judge”).

criticar

1. to criticize

critic +‎ -ar

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criticar

1. to criticize

From crítico +‎ -ar.

criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiquei, past participle criticado)

1. to criticize (evaluate)

• criticador
• criticável

• “criticar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From crítico +‎ -ar, the former from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós).

• IPA^(key): /kɾitiˈkaɾ/ [kɾi.t̪iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cri‧ti‧car

criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiqué, past participle criticado)

1. (transitive) to criticize

• “criticar”, 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