quisquilloso
Spanish, noun/kiskiˈʝoso/
quisquilloso is spelled Q-U-I-S-Q-U-I-L-L-O-S-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quisquilloso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fussy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quisquilloso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
nitpicking, fussy, picky, persnickety (US), pernickety (UK), fastidious
- 2
tetchy, touchy, prickly, testy
noun
- 1
masculinefussy person
- 2
masculinepicky eater
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Persona susceptible, fácil de ofenderse. 2. Persona que se enoja por tonterías o nimiedades. 3. Que repara en cosas sin importancia o muy triviales. 4. Demasiado exigente, caprichoso, maniático
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 quisquilloso
- quisquillosa feminine
- quisquillosos masculine plural
- quisquillosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quisquilloso?
- /kiskiˈʝoso/
- [kis.kiˈʝo.so]
- [kiskiˈʝoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quisquilloso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quisquilloso in Spanish?
quisquilloso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).