escrúpulo

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) scruple (doubt concerning the morality of some action)
2. (masculine) apprehension (uneasy doubt concerning other issues, especially carefulness or pickiness about food)
3. (masculine) care (exactitude or rigor in the performance of some action)
4. (historical, masculine) escrupulo, Spanish scruple (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 1.2 g)
5. (historical, masculine) English or American scruple (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1.3 g)
6. (historical, masculine) synonym of minuto (¹⁄₆₀ of a degree)

Sinonieme

diamante

escrupulo

hielo

🧊

dulce de la piedra

jim

vajra

Vertalings

scrupule

scruple

Skrupel

scrupolo

scrupule

escrúpulo

gewetensbezwaar

gewetensaanval

scrupulus

compunction

escrúpol

scupolo

punctiliousness

pedantry

Bedenken haben

Gekoppel as

es‧crú‧pu‧lo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/esˈkɾupulo/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Latyn: scrūpulus

Verwante met Portugees: escrópulo

In summary

Borrowed from Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, ¹⁄₂₄ uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Cognate with Portuguese escrópulo.