escrupuloso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scrūpulōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/, /es.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/, /es.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/, /eʃ.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kɾu.puˈlo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/

• Hyphenation: es‧cru‧pu‧lo‧so

Adjective

escrupuloso (feminine escrupulosa, masculine plural escrupulosos, feminine plural escrupulosas, metaphonic)

1. scrupulous; meticulous

Derived terms

• escrupulosamente

Related terms

• escrúpulo

Further reading

• “escrupuloso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin scrūpulōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskɾupuˈloso/ [es.kɾu.puˈlo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: es‧cru‧pu‧lo‧so

Adjective

escrupuloso (feminine escrupulosa, masculine plural escrupulosos, feminine plural escrupulosas)

1. qualmish
2. scrupulous
3. fussy

Derived terms

• escrupulosamente
• inescrupuloso

 

Related terms

• escrúpulo
• escrupulosidad

 

Further reading

• “escrupuloso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10