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)

Concepten

scrupule

gewetensbezwaar

gewetensaanval

wroeging

angstgevoel

braakkneiging

gemoedsbezwaar

schroom

Synoniemen

diamante

escrupulo

hielo

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dulce de la piedra

jim

vajra

Vertalingen

scrupule

scruple

Skrupel

scrupolo

escrúpulo

scrupulus

compunction

escrúpol

scupolo

Bedenken haben

hesitation

doubt

pedantry

punctiliousness

Unbehagen

Met koppelteken als

es‧crú‧pu‧lo

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/esˈkɾupulo/

Etymologie (Engels)

Geleend van Latijn: scrūpulus

Verwant aan 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.