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1) (judging and analysing: He has written several critical works on Shakespeare.) crítico2) (fault-finding: He tends to be critical of his children.) crítico, severo3) (of, at or having the nature of, a crisis; very serious: a critical shortage of food; After the accident, his condition was critical.) crítico, grave, seriocritical adj críticotr['krɪtɪkəl]1 (anaylsis, essay, work, etc) crítico,-a2 (negative, finding fault) criticón,-ona, quisquilloso,-a3 (decisive, crucial, very serious) crítico,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be critical of something/somebody criticar algo/a alguiento be very critical ser dado,-a a las críticasto go critical (of nuclear reactor) iniciar una reacción en cadenato receive critical acclaim recibir buenas críticascritical temperature temperatura críticacritical ['krɪt̬ɪkəl] adj: críticoadj.• criticón, -ona adj.• crítico, -a adj.• decisivo, -a adj.• extremo, -a adj.'krɪtɪkəl1)a) ( censorious) <remark/report> críticoto be critical OF something/somebody — criticar* algo/a alguien
b) (journalistic, academic) crítico2)a) ( very serious) <condition/shortage> crítico['krɪtɪkǝl]1. ADJ1) (=important) [factor, element] crítico; [issue] apremiante; [problem] muy serioit is critical to understand what is happening — es de vital importancia entender lo que está ocurriendo
how you finance a business is critical to its success — el éxito de un negocio depende de forma crucial de cómo se financie
2) (=decisive) [moment, stage] crítico3) (=perilous, serious) [situation, state] crítico4) (Med) [patient, condition, illness] grave5) (=fault-finding) [attitude, remark, report] críticohe's too critical — siempre está criticando, critica demasiado
to be critical of sth/sb — criticar algo/a algn
6) (=analytical) [person, reader, analysis] crítico7) (Cine, Literat, Mus, Theat) críticoto be a critical success — [book, play etc] ser un éxito de crítica
8) (Phys, Nuclear physics) [temperature, pressure] crítico2.CPDcritical angle N — (Aer) (Opt) ángulo m crítico
critical care unit N — unidad f de cuidados intensivos, unidad f de terapia intensiva (S. Cone, Mex)
critical edition N — edición f critica
critical essays NPL — ensayos mpl de crítica
critical mass N — masa f crítica
critical path analysis N — análisis m inv del camino crítico
* * *['krɪtɪkəl]1)a) ( censorious) <remark/report> críticoto be critical OF something/somebody — criticar* algo/a alguien
b) (journalistic, academic) crítico2)a) ( very serious) <condition/shortage> crítico -
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