escrópulo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, 1⁄24 uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Doublet of escrúpulo. Cognate with Spanish escrúpulo.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈkɾɔ.pu.lu/

Noun

escrópulo m (plural escrópulos)

  1. (historical) escropulo, Portuguese scruple, a small traditional unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.2 g

Coordinate terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.