critério

See also: criterio

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion, “a test, a means of judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “a judge”), from κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to move, to separate”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈtɛ.ɾju/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾiˈtɛ.ɾju/

• Hyphenation: cri‧té‧ri‧o

Noun

critério m (plural critérios)

1. criterion
2. discretion

Further reading

• “critério”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “critério”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026