Meaning
to criticize
- to critique (usually unfavorably)
In a sentence
Non mi piace criticare gli amici per ogni errore.
I don't like criticizing friends for every mistake.
Hai criticato il film dopo averlo visto?
Did you criticize the movie after watching it?
Critica pure il mio lavoro, ma sii gentile.
Go ahead and critique my work, but be kind.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| criticare | infinitive |
| critichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| critico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| criticate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| critichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| criticano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| critica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| criticavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| criticavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| criticavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| criticavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| criticavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| criticava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| criticammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| criticai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| criticaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| criticasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| criticarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| criticò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| criticheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| criticherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| criticherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| criticherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| criticheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| criticherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| critichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| critichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| critichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| critichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| critichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| critichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| criticassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| criticassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| criticaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| criticassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| criticassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| criticasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| criticheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| criticherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| critichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| criticheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| criticherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| criticherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| critichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| criticate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| critica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| criticando | gerund |
| criticato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use criticare for openly expressing negative judgment; for neutral analysis, valutare or analizzare often fits better.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ho criticato, not sono criticato.
- Usually followed directly by the thing or person: criticare qualcuno/qualcosa, not criticare di.