ständig an etwas oder jemandem kleinliche Kritik üben
to nitpick, to split hairs
🔊 2015, Andrea Camilleri, Dominique Vittoz transl., La reine de Poméranie, Fayard, Trois
Buscar todos los defectos posibles a algo, incluso si no los hay.
eş: buscarle el pelo al huevo
to quibble, or split hairs · to nitpick, to criticize by splitting hairs · to crack, to become covered with capillary veins (of ceramics, etc.)
çekim: geçmiş cavillàto · ortaç cavillàto · şimdiki cavìlla · ulaç cavillànte
eş: arzigogolò, bizantineggiò, cercò, il pelo nell’uovo, fece, ragionamenti capziosi
köken: From Latin cavillārī.
to nitpick, to be fastidious
çekim: geçmiş mierenneukten · ortaç gemierenneukt · şimdiki mierenneukt · ulaç mierenneukend
eş: haarkloven, insectencopulatie, kommaneuken
köken: From mier (“ant”) + -en- + neuken (“to fuck”).
aile: mierenneuker, mierenneukerij
to imply · to involve · to implicate
çekim: geçmiş impliquei · ortaç implicado · şimdiki implica
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin implicāre. Doublet of empregar.
🔊 A Laura está implicando com o João.
to criticize (to find fault)
çekim: geçmiş krytykowano · şimdiki krytykuje
köken: Etymology tree Polish krytyka Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₁-der.? Proto-Slavic *-ovati Old Polish -ować Polish -ować Polish krytykować From krytyka + -ować.
to buy high-end, hi-fi products · to act fancy and/or pedantic, nitpick
çekim: geçmiş hifistellyt · şimdiki hifistelee · ulaç hifistelevä
köken: hifi + -stellä
aile: hifistelijä, hifistely
to find fault with, take issue with, object to
çekim: geçmiş kifogásoltak
köken: kifogás (“objection”) + -ol (verb-forming suffix)
aile: kifogásolás, kifogásolható, megkifogásol
to jeer, mock, satirize · to gainsay, quibble, or engage in sophistry
çekim: ortaç cavillātus · şimdiki cavillātur · ulaç cavillāns
köken: Etymology tree Latin cavilla Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cavillor From cavilla (“jesting, banter”) + -ō.
aile: cavillābundus, cavillātiō, cavillātor, cavillātrix, cavillātus, cavillōsus
nagging, quarrelsome, hard to please · whimsical
çekim: karşılaştırma lebih cerewet · üstünlük paling cerewet
to find fault (with); to criticise
köken: bắt + bẻ.
Tayca 🔊 จับผิด /t͡ɕap̚˨˩.pʰit̚˨˩/ to find fault.
köken: From จับ (jàp, “to catch; to capture”) + ผิด (pìt, “fault; wrong”).
to split hairs
çekim: geçmiş filí prim · ortaç filat prim
to find fault with/in
çekim: geçmiş faighte locht ar · ortaç faighte locht ar
🔊 Fuair mé locht ar a óráid.
to find fault with
köken: From తప్పు (tappu) + పట్టు (paṭṭu).
to criticize; to find fault with; censure.
çekim: geçmiş kritikis · ortaç kritikinta · ulaç kritikanta
köken: From Latin criticus, from Greek Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós), from κρῐτής (krĭtḗs, “a judge”), from κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “judge, decide”).
aile: kritika, kritikado, kritikanto, kritike, kritikebla, kritikema, kritikismo, kritikisto, kritiko, literaturkritiko
🔊 Oni min kritiku, oni min insultu, aŭ laŭdu,--por mi persone ĝi estas tute egala
🔊 Estas vere — ĝi fariĝis viro, ĉe kiu oni povis nenion kritiki
to unstitch, unseam, rip the seam of
çekim: geçmiş mfettaq · ortaç mfettaq
köken: Etymology tree Arabic فَتَّقَ (fattaqa) Maltese fettaq Inherited from Arabic فَتَّقَ (fattaqa).
to nag, nitpick, dwell on, be a nuisance
cmn 🔊 吹毛求疵 , 吹求 , 找岔子 , 找碴 , 挑刺 , 挑剔