criticar

criticar
v.
1 to criticize.
Su padre criticó su vestimenta Her father criticized her clothes.
María critica cuando siente envidia Mary criticizes when she feels envy.
El profesor criticó su proceder The teacher criticized his behavior.
2 to review (enjuiciar) (literatura, arte).
3 to gossip.
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criticar
Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar
verbo transitivo
1 to criticize
verbo intransitivo
1 (murmurar) to gossip
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verb
to criticize
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1. VT
1) (=censurar) to criticize

la actuación de la policía fue criticada por la oposición — the police behaviour was criticized by the opposition

2) (=hablar mal)

siempre está criticando a la gente — he's always criticizing people, he's always finding fault with people

3) (Arte, Literat, Teat) [+ libro, obra] to review
2.
VI to gossip
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize

fue muy criticado — it was fiercely criticized

lo criticó duramente — he strongly criticized him

b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
2.
criticar vi to gossip, backbite
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= come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
Ex. In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.
Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
Ex. AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
Ex. 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
Ex. As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
Ex. This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
Ex. Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or 'bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
Ex. The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
Ex. This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
Ex. By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
Ex. The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
Ex. Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
Ex. Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
Ex. I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
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* criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
* criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
* criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
* criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
* ser criticado = come under + fire.
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize

fue muy criticado — it was fiercely criticized

lo criticó duramente — he strongly criticized him

b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
2.
criticar vi to gossip, backbite
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= come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

Ex: In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.

Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
Ex: AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
Ex: 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
Ex: As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
Ex: This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
Ex: Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or 'bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
Ex: The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
Ex: This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
Ex: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
Ex: The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
Ex: Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
Ex: Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
Ex: I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
* criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
* criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
* criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
* criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
* ser criticado = come under + fire.

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criticar [A2 ]
vt
1 (atacar) to criticize
una postura que fue muy criticada por los ecologistas a position which came in for fierce criticism from o which was fiercely criticized by ecologists
criticó duramente a los especuladores he strongly attacked o criticized the speculators
un proyecto muy criticado a plan which has been heavily criticized o which has come in for a lot of criticism
2 (hablar mal de) to criticize
tú no hace falta que la critiques porque eres igual de egoísta que ella you're in no position to criticize o (colloq) you can't talk, you're just as selfish as she is
3 (Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película› to review
■ criticar
vi
to gossip, backbite
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criticar (conjugate criticar) verbo transitivo
a) (censurar) to criticize

b) (Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/películato review

verbo intransitivo
to gossip, backbite
criticar
I verbo transitivo to criticize
II verbo intransitivo (murmurar) to gossip
'criticar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
censurar
- dedicarse
- desollar
- despellejar
- tralla
- vapulear
- arremeter
- murmurar
- rajar
- sino
English:
attack
- carp
- critical
- criticize
- fault
- knock
- pan
- pick on
- run down
- slam
- slate
- get
- run
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criticar vt
1. [censurar] to criticize
2. [enjuiciar] [literatura, arte] to review
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criticar
v/t criticize
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criticar {72} vt
: to criticize
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criticar vb
1. (en general) to criticize
2. (cotillear) to gossip

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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