critério

Meaning

1. (masculine) criterion
2. (masculine) discretion

Hyphenated as

cri‧té‧ri‧o

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɾiˈtɛ.ɾi.u/

Etymology

From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion, “a test, a means of judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “a judge”), from κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to move, to separate”).

Sentences

É necessário que noventa por cento dessas lâmpadas fluorescentes atendam a esse critério .

Ninety percent of these fluorescent lamps are required to meet this criterion.