quisquilloso
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiskiˈʝoso/ [kis.kiˈʝo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kiskiˈʎoso/ [kis.kiˈʎo.so] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kiskiˈʃoso/ [kis.kiˈʃo.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kiskiˈʒoso/ [kis.kiˈʒo.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- 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
- Synonym: picajoso
Noun
quisquilloso m (plural quisquillosos, feminine quisquillosa, feminine plural quisquillosas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “quisquilloso”, 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