criticón

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *krey-

Proto-Indo-European *-n-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *krinyéti

Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō

Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō)

Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós)bor.

Latin criticusder.

Spanish crítico

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Spanish -ón

Spanish criticón

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025