crítico
Portuguese, noun
crítico is spelled C-R-Í-T-I-C-O (7 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crítico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “critic (a person who appraises the works of others)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, critico is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of criticar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa encarregada de fazer críticas (de livros, filmes, etc) num jornal ou revista”.
What does crítico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
critical (extremely important)
- 2
critical (inclined to criticize; censorious; exacting)
- 3
critical (relating to critique)
- 4
critical (pertaining to, or indicating a crisis or turning point)
noun
- 1
masculinecritic (a person who appraises the works of others)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of criticar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de estado médico de grande perigo para o paciente 2. relativo à crise 3. relativo à crítica
noun: 1. pessoa encarregada de fazer críticas (de livros, filmes, etc) num jornal ou revista
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 crítico
- crítica feminine
- críticos masculine plural
- críticas feminine plural
- mais crítico comparative
- o mais crítico superlative
- criticíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to crítico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crítico in Portuguese?
crítico appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).