- escrupuloso
- adj.scrupulous, fastidious, squeamish, too fussy.* * *escrupuloso► adjetivo1 scrupulous2 (aprensivo) finicky, fussy3 figurado (exacto) scrupulous, meticulous* * *ADJ1) (=minucioso) [al elegir algo] particular; [al hacer algo] precise2) [con la comida] fussy, pernickety, persnickety (EEUU)3) (=honesto) scrupulous* * *-sa adjetivoa) (honrado) honest, scrupulousb) (meticuloso) meticulousc) (Esp) (aprensivo) fastidious* * *= scrupulous.Ex. Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.* * *-sa adjetivoa) (honrado) honest, scrupulousb) (meticuloso) meticulousc) (Esp) (aprensivo) fastidious* * *= scrupulous.
Ex: Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.
* * *escrupuloso -saadjective1 (honrado) honest, scrupulousno es nada escrupuloso he's completely unscrupulous2 (meticuloso) meticulousuna escrupulosa relación de sus bienes a detailed o meticulous list of her possessionsuna revisión escrupulosa de los archivos a scrupulous o meticulous revision of the files3 (Esp) (aprensivo) fastidious* * *
escrupuloso◊ -sa adjetivoa) (honrado) honest, scrupulousb) (meticuloso) meticulousc) (Esp) (aprensivo) fastidious
escrupuloso,-a adjetivo
1 (minucioso) painstaking, careful, thorough: hicieron una escrupulosa investigación forense, they carried out a thorough forensic investigation
2 (aprensivo) fastidious: siempre pide el café en vaso porque es muy escrupuloso, he always orders his coffee served in a glass because he is so fastidious
3 (riguroso) scrupulous: es un juez honesto y escrupuloso, he's an honest and scrupulous judge
'escrupuloso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escrupulosa
- tiquismiquis
English:
scrupulous
* * *escrupuloso, -a adj1. [minucioso] scrupulous;en su trabajo es muy escrupuloso he is very scrupulous in his work;el respeto escrupuloso de las leyes strict observance of the law2. [aprensivo] particular, fussy;no seas tan escrupuloso con la comida don't be such a fussy eater3. [honrado] scrupulous;no es nada escrupuloso he has no scruples* * *escrupulosoadj1 (cuidadoso) meticulous2 (honrado) scrupulous3 (aprensivo) fastidious* * *escrupuloso, -sa adj1) : scrupulous2) meticuloso: exact, meticulous♦ escrupulosamente adv
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.