escrúpulo

Significat (Anglès)

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)

Conceptes

escrúpol

Sinònims

diamante

escrupulo

hielo

🧊

dulce de la piedra

jim

vajra

Traduccions

scrupule

scruple

Skrupel

scrupolo

scrupule

escrúpulo

gewetensbezwaar

gewetensaanval

compunction

scupolo

scrupulus

punctiliousness

Bedenk

qualm

pedantry

Amb guionet com a

es‧crú‧pu‧lo

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/esˈkɾupulo/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de llatí: scrūpulus

Cognat amb portuguès: 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.