quisquilloso

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kiskiˈʝoso/ [kis.kiˈʝo.so]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kiskiˈʎoso/ [kis.kiˈʎo.so]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kiskiˈʃoso/ [kis.kiˈʃo.so]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kiskiˈʒoso/ [kis.kiˈʒo.so]

Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: quis‧qui‧llo‧so

Adjective

quisquilloso (feminine quisquillosa, masculine plural quisquillosos, feminine plural quisquillosas)

nitpicking, fussy, picky, persnickety (US), pernickety (UK), fastidious
Synonym: tiquismiquis
tetchy, touchy, prickly, testy

Noun

quisquilloso m (plural quisquillosos, feminine quisquillosa, feminine plural quisquillosas)

fussy person
picky eater

Related terms

quisquilla

Further reading

“quisquilloso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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