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Spanish
Etymology
From puntillo + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /puntiˈʝoso/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /puntiˈʎoso/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /puntiˈʃoso/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /puntiˈʒoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: pun‧ti‧llo‧so
Adjective
puntilloso (feminine puntillosa, masculine plural puntillosos, feminine plural puntillosas)
- punctilious
- Synonym: cicatero
- touchy
- Synonyms: picajoso, quisquilloso
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