meticuloso
Spanish, adjective/metikuˈloso/
meticuloso is spelled M-E-T-I-C-U-L-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 44,034th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meticuloso is a Spanish adjective meaning “meticulous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se caracteriza por una esmerada atención o precisión en los detalles”.
What does meticuloso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
meticulous
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que se caracteriza por una esmerada atención o precisión en los detalles. 2. Que actúa con temor o miedo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of meticuloso
- meticulosa feminine
- meticulosos masculine plural
- meticulosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meticuloso?
- /metikuˈloso/
- [me.t̪i.kuˈlo.so]
- [met̪ikuˈloso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to meticuloso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is meticuloso in Spanish?
meticuloso appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).