Also means
critical
Usage Note
Critico is both a noun ('a critic') and an adjective ('critical'). As a stressed-on-the-first-syllable word ending in -co, its masculine plural keeps the hard sound, critici. The feminine adjective is critica, which is also the noun for 'criticism' or 'a (female) critic'.
Examples
"Il critico ha lodato il film."
Natural Translation
The critic praised the film.
Literal Translation
The critic has praised the film.
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