criticar
Catalan
Verb
criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiquí, past participle criticat)
- to criticize (evaluate)
Conjugation
Related terms
- crític
- criticable
- criticador
- criticisme
- criticista
Further reading
- “criticar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾitiˈkaɾ/ [kɾi.t̪iˈkɑɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: cri‧ti‧car
Verb
criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiquei, past participle criticado)
- to criticize
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Further reading
- “criticar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “criticar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Interlingua
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “to be able to discern”), derived from κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”), from the verb κρίνω, κρίνειν (krínō, krínein, “to judge”).
Conjugation
infinitive | criticar | ||
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participle | present | perfect | |
criticante | criticate | ||
active | simple | perfect | |
present | critica | ha criticate | |
past | criticava | habeva criticate | |
future | criticara | habera criticate | |
conditional | criticarea | haberea criticate | |
imperative | critica | ||
passive | simple | perfect | |
present | es criticate | ha essite criticate | |
past | esseva criticate | habeva essite criticate | |
future | essera criticate | habera essite criticate | |
conditional | esserea criticate | haberea essite criticate | |
imperative | sia criticate |
Occitan
Pronunciation
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Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | criticar | aver criticat | |||||
gerund | criticant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | criticat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | critiqui | criticas | critica | criticam | criticatz | critican | |
imperfect | criticavi | criticavas | criticava | criticàvem | criticàvetz | criticavan | |
preterite | critiquèri | critiquères | critiquèt | critiquèrem | critiquèretz | critiquèron | |
future | criticarai | criticaràs | criticarà | criticarem | criticaretz | criticaràn | |
conditional | criticariái | criticariás | criticariá | criticariam | criticariatz | criticarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | critiquèra | critiquèras | critiquèra | critiqueram | critiqueratz | critiquèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | critique | critiques | critique | critiquem | critiquetz | critiquen | |
imperfect | critiquèssi | critiquèsses | critiquèsse | critiquèssem | critiquèssetz | critiquèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
critica | critiquem | criticatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | criticar | aver criticat | |||||
gerund | criticant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | criticat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | critique | critiques | critica | criticam | criticatz | criticon | |
imperfect | criticave | criticaves | criticava | criticaviam | criticaviatz | criticavon | |
preterite | critiquere | critiqueres | critiquet | critiquem | critiquetz | critiqueron | |
future | criticarai | criticaràs | criticará | criticarem | criticaretz | criticarán | |
conditional | criticariá | criticariás | criticariá | criticariam | criticariatz | criticarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | critiquèra | critiquèras | critiquèra | critiqueram | critiqueratz | critiquèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | critique | critiques | critique | criticassiam | criticassiatz | criticon | |
imperfect | critiquesse | critiquesses | critiquesse | critiquessiam | critiquessiatz | critiquesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
critica | criticassiam | criticatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | criticar | aver criticat | |||||
gerund | criticant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | criticat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | critiqui | criticas | critica | criticam | criticatz | critican | |
imperfect | criticavi | criticavas | criticava | criticàvam | criticàvatz | criticavan | |
preterite | critiquèi | critiquès | critiquè | critiquèm | critiquètz | critiquèn | |
future | criticarèi | criticaràs | criticarà | criticaram | criticaratz | criticaràn | |
conditional | criticarí | criticarés | criticaré | criticarem | criticaretz | criticarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | critiquèra | critiquèras | critiquèra | critiqueram | critiqueratz | critiquèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | critiqui | critiques | critique | critiquem | critiquetz | critiquen | |
imperfect | critiquèssi | critiquèsses | critiquèsse | critiquèssem | critiquèssetz | critiquèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
critica | critiquem | criticatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | criticar | aver criticat | |||||
gerund | criticant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | criticat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | critique | criticas | critica | criticam | criticatz | critican | |
imperfect | criticava | criticavas | criticava | criticàvam | criticàvatz | criticavan | |
preterite | critiquei | critiqueras | critiquet | critiquèram | critiquèratz | critiqueran | |
future | criticarai | criticaràs | criticará | criticarem | criticaretz | criticarán | |
conditional | criticariá | criticariàs | criticariá | criticariam | criticariatz | criticarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | critiquèra | critiquèras | critiquèra | critiqueram | critiqueratz | critiquèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | critique | critiques | critique | critiquem | critiquetz | critiquen | |
imperfect | critiquèsse | critiquèsses | critiquèsse | critiquèssem | critiquèssetz | critiquèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
critica | critiquem | criticatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | criticar | aver criticat | |||||
gerund | criticant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | criticat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | critique | critiques | critica | criticam | criticatz | critican | |
imperfect | criticavi | criticavas | criticava | criticàvem | criticàvetz | criticavan | |
preterite | critiquère | critiquères | critiquèt | critiqueriam | critiqueriatz | critiquèron | |
future | criticarai | criticaràs | criticarà | criticarem | criticaretz | criticaràn | |
conditional | criticariáu | criticariás | criticariá | criticariam | criticariatz | criticarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | critiquèra | critiquèras | critiquèra | critiqueram | critiqueratz | critiquèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | critique | critiques | critique | critiquem | critiquetz | critican | |
imperfect | critiquèsse | critiquèsses | critiquèsse | critiquessiam | critiquessiatz | critiquèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
critica | critiquem | criticatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/ [kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/ [kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾi.tiˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾi.tiˈka.ɾi/
Verb
criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiquei, past participle criticado)
- to criticize (evaluate)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- criticador
- criticável
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From crítico + -ar, the former from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾitiˈkaɾ/ [kɾi.t̪iˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cri‧ti‧car
Verb
criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiqué, past participle criticado)
- (transitive) to criticize
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive criticar | |||||||
dative | criticarme | criticarte | criticarle, criticarse | criticarnos | criticaros | criticarles, criticarse | |
accusative | criticarme | criticarte | criticarlo, criticarla, criticarse | criticarnos | criticaros | criticarlos, criticarlas, criticarse | |
with gerund criticando | |||||||
dative | criticándome | criticándote | criticándole, criticándose | criticándonos | criticándoos | criticándoles, criticándose | |
accusative | criticándome | criticándote | criticándolo, criticándola, criticándose | criticándonos | criticándoos | criticándolos, criticándolas, criticándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative critica | |||||||
dative | critícame | critícate | critícale | critícanos | not used | critícales | |
accusative | critícame | critícate | critícalo, critícala | critícanos | not used | critícalos, critícalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative criticá | |||||||
dative | criticame | criticate | criticale | criticanos | not used | criticales | |
accusative | criticame | criticate | criticalo, criticala | criticanos | not used | criticalos, criticalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative critique | |||||||
dative | critíqueme | not used | critíquele, critíquese | critíquenos | not used | critíqueles | |
accusative | critíqueme | not used | critíquelo, critíquela, critíquese | critíquenos | not used | critíquelos, critíquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative critiquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | critiquémoste | critiquémosle | critiquémonos | critiquémoos | critiquémosles | |
accusative | not used | critiquémoste | critiquémoslo, critiquémosla | critiquémonos | critiquémoos | critiquémoslos, critiquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative criticad | |||||||
dative | criticadme | not used | criticadle | criticadnos | criticaos | criticadles | |
accusative | criticadme | not used | criticadlo, criticadla | criticadnos | criticaos | criticadlos, criticadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative critiquen | |||||||
dative | critíquenme | not used | critíquenle | critíquennos | not used | critíquenles, critíquense | |
accusative | critíquenme | not used | critíquenlo, critíquenla | critíquennos | not used | critíquenlos, critíquenlas, critíquense |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “criticar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014