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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kiskiˈʝoso/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kiskiˈʎoso/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kiskiˈʃoso/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kiskiˈʒoso/
- 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
Noun
quisquilloso m (plural quisquillosos, feminine quisquillosa, feminine plural quisquillosas)
- fussy person
- picky eater
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