criticar

Catalan

Etymology

From crític +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of criticar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			criticar
gerund			criticant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		criticat		criticada
		plural		criticats		criticades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	critico	critiques	critica	critiquem	critiqueu	critiquen
	imperfect	criticava	criticaves	criticava	criticàvem	criticàveu	criticaven
	future	criticaré	criticaràs	criticarà	criticarem	criticareu	criticaran
	preterite	critiquí	criticares	criticà	criticàrem	criticàreu	criticaren
	conditional	criticaria	criticaries	criticaria	criticaríem	criticaríeu	criticarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	critiqui	critiquis	critiqui	critiquem	critiqueu	critiquin
	imperfect	critiqués	critiquessis	critiqués	critiquéssim	critiquéssiu	critiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	critica	critiqui	critiquem	critiqueu	critiquin
	negative (no)	—	no critiquis	no critiqui	no critiquem	no critiqueu	no critiquin

Derived terms

• criticable
• criticador

Related terms

• crític
• criticisme
• criticista

Further reading

• “criticar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “criticar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

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)

1. to criticize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of criticar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	criticar
Personal	criticar	criticares	criticar	criticarmos	criticardes	criticaren
Gerund
	criticando
Past participle
Masculine	criticado			criticados
Feminine	criticada			criticadas
Indicative
Present	critico	criticas	critica	criticamos	criticades	critican
Imperfect	criticaba	criticabas	criticaba	criticabamos	criticabades	criticaban
Preterite	critiquei	criticaches	criticou	criticamos	criticastes	criticaron
Pluperfect	criticara	criticaras	criticara	criticaramos	criticarades	criticaran
Future	criticarei	criticarás	criticará	criticaremos	criticaredes	criticarán
Conditional	criticaría	criticarías	criticaría	criticariamos	criticariades	criticarían
Subjunctive
Present	critique	critiques	critique	critiquemos	critiquedes	critiquen
Imperfect	criticase	criticases	criticase	criticásemos	criticásedes	criticasen
Future	criticar	criticares	criticar	criticarmos	criticardes	criticaren
Imperative
Affirmative		critica	critique	critiquemos	criticade	critiquen
Negative (non)		non critiques	non critique	non critiquemos	non critiquedes	non critiquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of criticar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	criticar
Personal	criticar	criticares	criticar	criticarmos	criticardes	criticarem
Gerund
	criticando
Past participle
Masculine	criticado			criticados
Feminine	criticada			criticadas
Indicative
Present	critico	criticas	critica	criticamos	criticades, criticais	criticam
Imperfect	criticava	criticavas	criticava	criticávamos	criticávades, criticáveis, criticávais1	criticavam
Preterite	critiquei	criticaste, criticache1	criticou	criticamos	criticastes	criticárom, criticaram
Pluperfect	criticara	criticaras	criticara	criticáramos	criticárades, criticáreis, criticárais1	criticaram
Future	criticarei	criticarás	criticará	criticaremos	criticaredes, criticareis	criticarám, criticarão
Conditional	criticaria	criticarias	criticaria	criticaríamos	criticaríades, criticaríeis, criticaríais1	criticariam
Subjunctive
Present	critique	critiques	critique	critiquemos	critiquedes, critiqueis	critiquem
Imperfect	criticasse	criticasses	criticasse	criticássemos	criticássedes, criticásseis	criticassem
Future	criticar	criticares	criticar	criticarmos	criticardes	criticarem
Imperative
Affirmative		critica	critique	critiquemos	criticade, criticai	critiquem
Negative (nom)		nom critiques	nom critique	nom critiquemos	nom critiquedes, nom critiqueis	nom critiquem

¹Less 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

1. to criticize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of criticar

infinitive		criticar
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

Etymology

critic +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

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Verb

criticar

1. to criticize

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		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	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

    Auvernhàs

		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

    Gascon

		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

    Lemosin

		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

    Provençau

		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

Etymology

From crítico +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/ [kɾi.t͡ʃiˈka(h)]

• (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/

• (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)

1. to criticize (evaluate)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of criticar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	criticar
Personal	criticar	criticares	criticar	criticarmos	criticardes	criticarem
Gerund
	criticando
Past participle
Masculine	criticado			criticados
Feminine	criticada			criticadas
Indicative
Present	critico	criticas	critica	criticamos	criticais	criticam
Imperfect	criticava	criticavas	criticava	criticávamos	criticáveis	criticavam
Preterite	critiquei	criticaste	criticou	criticamos1, criticámos2	criticastes	criticaram
Pluperfect	criticara	criticaras	criticara	criticáramos	criticáreis	criticaram
Future	criticarei	criticarás	criticará	criticaremos	criticareis	criticarão
Conditional	criticaria	criticarias	criticaria	criticaríamos	criticaríeis	criticariam
Subjunctive
Present	critique	critiques	critique	critiquemos	critiqueis	critiquem
Imperfect	criticasse	criticasses	criticasse	criticássemos	criticásseis	criticassem
Future	criticar	criticares	criticar	criticarmos	criticardes	criticarem
Imperative
Affirmative		critica	critique	critiquemos	criticai	critiquem
Negative (não)		não critiques	não critique	não critiquemos	não critiqueis	não critiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European 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^(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)

1. (transitive) to criticize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of criticar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			criticar
gerund			criticando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		criticado		criticada
		plural		criticados		criticadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	critico	criticastú criticásvos	critica	criticamos	criticáis	critican
	imperfect	criticaba	criticabas	criticaba	criticábamos	criticabais	criticaban
	preterite	critiqué	criticaste	criticó	criticamos	criticasteis	criticaron
	future	criticaré	criticarás	criticará	criticaremos	criticaréis	criticarán
	conditional	criticaría	criticarías	criticaría	criticaríamos	criticaríais	criticarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	critique	critiquestú critiquésvos2	critique	critiquemos	critiquéis	critiquen
	imperfect (ra)	criticara	criticaras	criticara	criticáramos	criticarais	criticaran
	imperfect (se)	criticase	criticases	criticase	criticásemos	criticaseis	criticasen
	future1	criticare	criticares	criticare	criticáremos	criticareis	criticaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		criticatú criticávos	critique	critiquemos	criticad	critiquen
	negative		no critiques	no critique	no critiquemos	no critiquéis	no critiquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of criticar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		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

• 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