criticize

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• /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/
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From critic + -ize; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίσις (krísis, “decision, judgement”).

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِنْتَقَدَ (intaqada) — to find fault
• Arabic: انتقد (ntaqad) — to find fault
• Arabic: عيب (ʕayyab) — to find fault
• Armenian: քննադատել (kʻnnadatel) — to find fault
• Asturian: criticar — to find fault
• Asturian: escizañar — to find fault
• Asturian: esmolleyar — to find fault
• Asturian: espelleyar — to find fault
• Asturian: espotrexar — to find fault
• Asturian: reborgar — to find fault
• Azerbaijani: tənqid etmək — to find fault
• Belarusian: крытыкава́ць (krytykavácʹ) — to find fault
• Bulgarian: критикувам (kritikuvam) — to find fault
• Catalan: criticar — to find fault
• Chinese Cantonese: 批評 /批评 (pai1 ping4) — to find fault
• Chinese Mandarin: 批評 /批评 (pīpíng) — to find fault
• Czech: kritizovat — to find fault
• Dutch: kritiseren — to find fault
• Dutch: bekritiseren — to find fault
• Dutch: afkeuren — to find fault
• Dutch: hekelen — to find fault
• Esperanto: kritiki — to find fault
• Estonian: arvustama — to find fault
• Finnish: kritisoida — to find fault
• Finnish: arvostella — to find fault
• Finnish: moittia — to find fault
• French: critiquer — to find fault
• Georgian: გაკრიტიკება (gaḳriṭiḳeba) — to find fault
• Georgian: გაკიცხვა (gaḳicxva) — to find fault
• German: kritisieren — to find fault
• German: Kritik üben — to find fault
• Greek: επικρίνω (epikríno) — to find fault
• Greek: ασκώ κριτική (askó kritikí) — to find fault
• Haitian Creole: kritike — to find fault
• Hebrew: ביקר (bikér) — to find fault
• Hungarian: kritizál — to find fault
• Hungarian: bírál — to find fault
• Hungarian: megró — to find fault
• Icelandic: setja út á — to find fault
• Icelandic: gagnrýna — to find fault
• Ido: kritikar — to find fault
• Indonesian: mengiktirad — to find fault
• Indonesian: mengkritik — to find fault
• Ingrian: narria — to find fault
• Ingrian: moittia — to find fault
• Interlingua: criticar — to find fault
• Irish: cáin — to find fault
• Irish: beachtaigh ar — to find fault
• Italian: criticare — to find fault
• Japanese: 批判する (hihan-suru) — to find fault
• Japanese: 非難する (hinan-suru) — to find fault
• Khmer: រិះគន់ (rih kŭən) — to find fault
• Central Kurdish: ڕەخنە گرتن (rexne girtin) — to find fault
• Lao: ຕິ (ti) — to find fault
• Māori: whakatōngā — to find fault
• Māori: whakakoha — to find fault
• Mauritian Creole: kritike — to find fault
• Norman: crititchi — to find fault
• Norwegian Bokmål: kritisere — to find fault
• Occitan: criticar — to find fault
• Persian: عیبجویی کردن ('eybjuyi kardan) — to find fault
• Polish: krytykować — to find fault
• Portuguese: criticar — to find fault
• Portuguese: culpar — to find fault
• Romanian: critica — to find fault
• Russian: критикова́ть (kritikovátʹ) — to find fault
• Russian: раскритикова́ть (raskritikovátʹ) — to find fault
• Scottish Gaelic: càin — to find fault
• Scottish Gaelic: cronaich — to find fault
• Scottish Gaelic: troid — to find fault
• Slovak: kritizovať — to find fault
• Spanish: criticar — to find fault
• Spanish: culpar — to find fault
• Swedish: kritisera — to find fault
• Tày: bè bẹo — to find fault
• Thai: ติ (dtì) — to find fault
• Thai: วิจารณ์ (wí-jaan) — to find fault
• Turkish: eleştirmek — to find fault
• Turkish: tenkit etmek — to find fault
• Ukrainian: критикува́ти (krytykuváty) — to find fault
• Vietnamese: chỉ trích — to find fault
• Walloon: critiker — to find fault
• Welsh: beirniadu — to find fault
• Yiddish: קריטיקירן (kritikirn) — to find fault
• Arabic: نَقَدَ (naqada) — to evaluate
• Armenian: քննադատել (kʻnnadatel) — to evaluate
• Asturian: criticar — to evaluate
• Asturian: xulgar — to evaluate
• Bulgarian: оценявам (ocenjavam) — to evaluate
• Catalan: criticar — to evaluate
• Chinese Mandarin: 批評 /批评 (pīpíng) — to evaluate
• Dutch: kritiseren — to evaluate
• Dutch: bekritiseren — to evaluate
• Dutch: beoordelen — to evaluate
• Estonian: arvustama — to evaluate
• Finnish: arvostella — to evaluate
• Finnish: arvioida — to evaluate
• Galician: criticar — to evaluate
• Georgian: გაკიცხვა (gaḳicxva) — to evaluate
• Georgian: გაკრიტიკება (gaḳriṭiḳeba) — to evaluate
• German: abwägen — to evaluate
• Greek: αξιολογώ (axiologó) — to evaluate
• Greek: κρίνω (kríno) — to evaluate
• Hebrew: ביקר (bikér) — to evaluate
• Hungarian: elbírál — to evaluate
• Hungarian: bírál — to evaluate
• Hungarian: értékel — to evaluate
• Hungarian: minősít — to evaluate
• Icelandic: gagnrýna — to evaluate
• Indonesian: mengkritik — to evaluate
• Interlingua: criticar — to evaluate
• Irish: cáin — to evaluate
• Irish: beachtaigh ar — to evaluate
• Italian: criticare — to evaluate
• Italian: giudicare — to evaluate
• Italian: valutare — to evaluate
• Japanese: 批評する (hihyō-suru) — to evaluate
• Māori: arohaehae — to evaluate
• Norwegian: kritisere — to evaluate
• Occitan: criticar — to evaluate
• Polish: oceniać — to evaluate
• Portuguese: criticar — to evaluate
• Portuguese: avaliar — to evaluate
• Romanian: critica — to evaluate
• Russian: критикова́ть (kritikovátʹ) — to evaluate
• Russian: раскритикова́ть (raskritikovátʹ) — to evaluate
• Slovak: hodnotiť — to evaluate
• Slovak: posudzovať — to evaluate
• Slovak: recenzovať — to evaluate
• Spanish: criticar — to evaluate
• Spanish: juzgar — to evaluate
• Swedish: kritisera — to evaluate
• Turkish: değerlendirmek — to evaluate
• Turkish: değer biçmek — to evaluate
• Turkish: ölçüp tartmak — to evaluate
• Welsh: beirniadu — to evaluate
• Yiddish: קריטיקירן (kritikirn) — to evaluate