criticón
Spanish, noun/kɾitiˈkon/
criticón is spelled C-R-I-T-I-C-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criticón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fussbudget” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does criticón mean in English?
adjective
- 1
captious, cavilling, nitpicky
noun
- 1
masculinefussbudget
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. El que todo lo censura y moteja sin perdonar ni aun las más ligeras faltas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of criticón
- criticona feminine
- criticones masculine plural
- criticonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criticón?
- /kɾitiˈkon/
- [kɾi.t̪iˈkõn]
- [kɾit̪iˈkõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criticón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criticón in Spanish?
criticón appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).