escrupuloso
Portuguese, adjective/is.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/
escrupuloso is spelled E-S-C-R-U-P-U-L-O-S-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escrupuloso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “scrupulous; meticulous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cheio de escrúpulos”.
What does escrupuloso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
scrupulous; meticulous
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. cheio de escrúpulos 2. hesitante, incerto 3. cuidadoso, minucioso, rigoroso 4. pontual
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escrupuloso
- escrupulosa feminine
- escrupulosos masculine plural
- escrupulosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escrupuloso?
- Brazil /is.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/
- Brazil /es.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/
- /iʃ.kɾu.puˈlo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escrupuloso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escrupuloso in Portuguese?
escrupuloso appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).