meticuloso

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meticulōsus.

Adjective

meticuloso (feminine meticulosa, masculine plural meticulosos, feminine plural meticulosas)

1. meticulous

Derived terms

• meticulosamente
• meticulosidade

Further reading

• “meticuloso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Latin

Adjective

meticulōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of meticulōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin meticulōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.t͡ʃi.kuˈlo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.t͡ʃi.kuˈlo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.t͡ʃi.kuˈlo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ti.kuˈlo.zu/

• Hyphenation: me‧ti‧cu‧lo‧so

Adjective

meticuloso (feminine meticulosa, masculine plural meticulosos, feminine plural meticulosas, comparable, comparative mais meticuloso, superlative o mais meticuloso or meticulosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. meticulous, rigorous, scrupulous

   Synonyms: consciencioso, escrupuloso

Derived terms

• meticulosamente
• meticulosidade

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin meticulōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metikuˈloso/ [me.t̪i.kuˈlo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: me‧ti‧cu‧lo‧so

Adjective

meticuloso (feminine meticulosa, masculine plural meticulosos, feminine plural meticulosas)

1. meticulous

Derived terms

• meticulosamente
• meticulosidad

 

Further reading

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