# criticar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From crític +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kɾi.tiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kɾi.tiˈkaɾ]

### Verb

criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiquí, past participle criticat)(transitive)
* to critique
* to criticize
    Synonyms: critiquejar, blasmar, censurar

#### Derived terms

* criticable
* criticador

#### Related terms

* crític
* criticisme
* criticista

#### Further reading

* “criticar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “criticar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “criticar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “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”).

### Verb

criticar
* to criticize

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | criticar | criticar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | criticante | criticate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | critica | ha criticate |
| active | past | criticava | habeva criticate |
| active | future | criticara | habera criticate |
| active | conditional | criticarea | haberea criticate |
| active | imperative | critica | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es criticate | ha essite criticate |
| passive | past | esseva criticate | habeva essite criticate |
| passive | future | essera criticate | habera essite criticate |
| passive | conditional | esserea criticate | haberea essite criticate |
| passive | imperative | sia criticate | |

## Occitan
### Etymology

critic +‎ -ar

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

criticar
* to criticize

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From crítico +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/ [kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/ [kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/ [kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɾi.tiˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɾi.tiˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɾi.tiˈka.ɾi/

### Verb

criticar (first-person singular present critico, first-person singular preterite critiquei, past participle criticado)
* to criticize (evaluate)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* criticador
* criticável

### Further reading

* “criticar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* criticable

#### Related terms

* crítica
* criticismo
* crítico

#### Further reading

* “criticar”, 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