Meaning
criticism
- review, critique; (collective) the critics
In a sentence
La tua critica mi ha fatto pensare.
Your criticism made me think.
Perché fai sempre una critica a tutto?
Why do you always criticize everything?
Ieri ho letto una critica del film.
Yesterday I read a review of the movie.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| critica | feminine · singular |
| critiche | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Usually uncountable in general statements: fare critica is uncommon; more natural are fare una critica or muovere critiche.
- Critica can mean both the act of criticizing and the field of literary/art criticism; context decides.
- For a negative remark, una critica is stronger and more formal than a casual commento negativo.