quisquilloso

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kiskiˈʝoso/ [kis.kiˈʝo.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kiskiˈʝoso/ [kis.kiˈʝo.so]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /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)

1. nitpicking, fussy, picky, persnickety (US), pernickety (UK), fastidious

   Synonym: tiquismiquis

2. tetchy, touchy, prickly, testy

   Synonym: picajoso

Noun

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

1. fussy person
2. picky eater

Related terms

• quisquilla

Further reading

• “quisquilloso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10