escrupuloso

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?

Latin scrūpus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin scrūpulus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin scrūpulōsusubor.

Portuguese escrupuloso

Unadapted borrowing from Latin scrūpulōsus. By surface analysis, escrúpulo + -oso.

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/

• (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
• inescrupuloso

Related terms

• see: escrúpulo

Further reading

• “escrupuloso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “escrupuloso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?

Latin scrūpus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin scrūpulus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin scrūpulōsusubor.

Spanish escrupuloso

Unadapted borrowing from Latin scrūpulōsus. By surface analysis, escrúpulo + -oso.

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. scrupulous
2. qualmish
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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025