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1 escrúpulo
m.scruple, waver, doubt, qualm.* * *1 (Often used in plural with the same meaning) (recelo) scruple, doubt, qualm■ eso me da escrúpulos I'm finicky about it, I'm fussy about it4 (china) pebble, stone\sin escrúpulos unscrupulous* * *SM1) (=recelo) scruplefalta de escrúpulos — unscrupulousness, lack of scruples
2) [con la comida] fussiness, pernicketiness3) (Farm) scruple* * *masculino scrupleno tuvo ningún escrúpulo en... — he had no scruples o qualms whatsoever about...
* * *= qualm, scruple.Ex. In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.Ex. This proposed system of organized concepts will allow retrieval of any particular element, and the computer, thank goodness, has no aesthetic scruples about long numbers.----* abogado sin escrúpulos = shyster, shark lawyer.* no tener ningún escrúpulo en = have + no qualms about.* político sin escrúpulos = shyster.* sin escrúpulos = unscrupulous, unconscionable, without scruples, unprincipled.* * *masculino scrupleno tuvo ningún escrúpulo en... — he had no scruples o qualms whatsoever about...
* * *= qualm, scruple.Ex: In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.
Ex: This proposed system of organized concepts will allow retrieval of any particular element, and the computer, thank goodness, has no aesthetic scruples about long numbers.* abogado sin escrúpulos = shyster, shark lawyer.* no tener ningún escrúpulo en = have + no qualms about.* político sin escrúpulos = shyster.* sin escrúpulos = unscrupulous, unconscionable, without scruples, unprincipled.* * *scruplesu falta de escrúpulos her lack of scruples, her unscrupulousnessno tuvo ningún escrúpulo en decirlo he had no scruples o qualms whatsoever about saying it* * *
escrúpulo sustantivo masculino
scruple
escrúpulo sustantivo masculino
1 scruple, qualm: no tuvo escrúpulos en hacerlo, he had no qualms about doing it
2 (asco, grima) le da escrúpulos, it makes her feel squeamish
3 (minuciosidad) care
' escrúpulo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
remilgo
- reparo
English:
qualm
- scruple
* * *escrúpulo nm1. [duda, recelo] scruple;sin escrúpulos unscrupulous;no tuvo ningún escrúpulo en reconocerlo he had no scruples o qualms about admitting it2. [aprensión] qualm;le da escrúpulo he has qualms about it3. [minuciosidad] scrupulousness, great care* * *m scruple;sin escrúpulos unscrupulous* * *escrúpulo nm: scruple
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