English-Spanish translations for critical

• crítico
  No obstante, mi informe es crítico. Nevertheless, my report is critical.
  Debemos despertar el espíritu crítico. We need to arouse critical thought!
  Probablemente, todavía no se haya terminado el período crítico. The critical period is probably still not over.
• álgido
• clave
  Sin embargo, creo que tengo que señalar algunos fallos claves. However, I find I have to point out a few critical flaws.
  La prensa de la oposición ha sido bombardeada y periodistas clave han sido objeto de frecuentes ataques. The opposition press has been bombed and critical journalists have been routinely attacked.
  La Unión Europea, junto con otros actores internacionales clave, se ha comprometido a proporcionar ayuda en esta coyuntura crítica. The European Union, together with other key international actors, is committed to helping at this critical juncture.
• coyuntural
• crítica
  Ahora nos encontramos de verdad en una fase crítica. We are now really in a critical phase.
  Infraestructuras críticas europeas (votación) European Critical Infrastructure (vote)
  En 35 casos realicé una observación crítica. In 35 cases, I issued a critical remark.
• trascendental

Definition of critical

• Inclined to find fault or criticize
• Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point
• Extremely important
• Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism
• Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility
• Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable
• Of the point where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining
• ''physics'') Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied
• A critical value, factor, etc
• In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other

Examples

• A good teacher is fair but critical
• This is a critical moment
• Its critical that you deliver this on time
• The movie was a critical success, but bombed at the box-office
• The patients condition is critical
• The political situation was so critical that the government declared the state of siege
• The reaction was about to become critical

Related words

• self-critical
• diacritical
• uncritically
• critically
• hypocritical
• uncritical
• mission-critical
• hypercritical
• criticality