- meticuloso
- adj.meticulous, careful, conscientious, exacting.* * *meticuloso► adjetivo1 (cuidadoso) meticulous2 peyorativo (escrupuloso) fussy, finicky* * *ADJ meticulous* * *-sa adjetivo <trabajo/investigación> meticulous, thorough; <persona> meticulous* * *= meticulous, attention to detail, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.].Ex. Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.Ex. He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.----* demasiado meticuloso = nitpicking [nit-picking].* * *-sa adjetivo <trabajo/investigación> meticulous, thorough; <persona> meticulous* * *= meticulous, attention to detail, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.].
Ex: Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.
Ex: He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.* demasiado meticuloso = nitpicking [nit-picking].* * *meticuloso -saadjective‹trabajo/investigación› meticulous, thorough; ‹persona› meticulous* * *
meticuloso◊ -sa adjetivo ‹trabajo/investigación› meticulous, thorough;
‹persona› meticulous
meticuloso,-a adjetivo meticulous
'meticuloso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
meticulosa
- quisquillosa
- quisquilloso
- escrupuloso
English:
careful
- fastidious
- meticulous
- painstaking
- precise
- house
* * *meticuloso, -a adjmeticulous* * *meticulosoadj meticulous* * *meticuloso, -sa adj: meticulous, thorough♦ meticulosamente adv
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.