criticize

criticar

Decir qué aspectos de alguien o algo te parecen malos o incorrectos.

En inglés sencillo: To say what you think is wrong or bad about someone or something.

• Please do not criticize my cooking.
• They criticized him for arriving late.
• The report criticizes the company’s poor safety record.

Cómo se usa: criticize someone/something for something (She criticized the council for its slow response.); criticize someone for doing something (He criticized me for leaving early.)

Sinónimos: find fault with, attack

Antónimos: praise

Expresiones frecuentes: criticize someone for, criticize the government, criticize a decision

evaluar, analizar

Examinar algo y valorar tanto sus aspectos positivos como los negativos.

En inglés sencillo: To examine something and judge both its good and bad points.

• Students learned to criticize poems carefully.
• Her essay criticizes the novel’s strengths and weaknesses.
• He criticized the painting with close attention to its use of color.

Sinónimos: evaluate, assess, appraise

Expresiones frecuentes: criticize a poem, criticize a work, criticize a novel