cricri
Portuguese, adjective/kɾiˈkɾi/
cricri is spelled C-R-I-C-R-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cricri is a Portuguese adjective meaning “captious, nitpicky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “implicante; exigente ou detalhista a ponto de tornar-se maçante”.
What does cricri mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilcaptious, nitpicky
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. implicante; exigente ou detalhista a ponto de tornar-se maçante
noun: 1. implicante; exigente ou detalhista a ponto de tornar-se maçante
noun: 1. o canto do grilo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cricri
- cri-cri alternative Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cricri?
- Brazil /kɾiˈkɾi/
- Portugal /kɾiˈkɾi/
- Portugal /kɾi.ˈkɾi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cricri in Portuguese?
cricri appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).