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1 choosy
tr['ʧʊːzɪ]1 familiar exigente, difícil de contentaradj.• delicado, -a adj.• melindroso, -a adj.• quisquilloso, -a adj.'tʃuːziadjective -sier, -siest (colloq) exigente, difícil de contentar['tʃuːzɪ]ADJ (compar choosier) (superl choosiest) (gen) exigente; (about food) delicado; (=touchy) quisquilloso* * *['tʃuːzi]adjective -sier, -siest (colloq) exigente, difícil de contentar -
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3 I'm not choosy
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4 finicky
'finiki(too much concerned with detail: She is a very finicky person.) melindrosotr['fɪnɪkɪ]1 (person) remilgado,-a, quisquilloso,-a, melindroso,-a2 (job) engorroso,-afinicky ['fɪnɪki] adj: maniático, melindroso, mañosoadj.• melindroso, -a adj.• mimoso, -a adj.• remilgado, -a adj.• superferolítico, -a adj.'fɪnɪkiadjective (colloq)a) ( choosy) maniático, mañoso (AmL)b) ( overelaborate) recargado['fɪnɪkɪ]ADJ1) [person] melindroso ( about con)she's a finicky eater, she is finicky about her food — es muy melindrosa con la comida
2) [job] complicado* * *['fɪnɪki]adjective (colloq)a) ( choosy) maniático, mañoso (AmL)b) ( overelaborate) recargado -
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melindroso
◊ -sa adjetivo
melindroso,-a
I adjetivo fussy, fastidious
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fussy o fastidious person ' melindroso' also found in these entries: Spanish: melindrosa - tiquismiquis - delicado English: choosy - picky -
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7 selective
- tivadjective (having the power of choice and using it, especially carefully: She is very selective about clothes.) selectivotr[sɪ'lektɪv]1 (specific) selectivo,-a; (not general) parcial2 (discriminating, choosy) exigente, selectivo,-a■ she's very selective about the people she goes out with es muy selectiva con la gente con quien sale\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLselective service SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL servicio militar obligatorioselective [sə'lɛktɪv] adj: selectivoadj.• selectivo, -a adj.sɪ'lektɪva) <control/recruitment> selectivo; < reporting> parcialselective education — sistema que emplea un procedimiento selectivo para la admisión de alumnos en determinadas escuelas
selective service — (AmE) servicio m militar obligatorio, conscripción f (AmL)
b) ( discriminating)[sɪ'lektɪv]to be selective: he's fairly selective about who he mixes with — elige or escoge mucho sus amistades
1.ADJ selectivo2.CPDselective breeding N — cría f selectiva
selective memory N — memoria f selectiva
* * *[sɪ'lektɪv]a) <control/recruitment> selectivo; < reporting> parcialselective education — sistema que emplea un procedimiento selectivo para la admisión de alumnos en determinadas escuelas
selective service — (AmE) servicio m militar obligatorio, conscripción f (AmL)
b) ( discriminating)to be selective: he's fairly selective about who he mixes with — elige or escoge mucho sus amistades
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8 exigente
exigente adjetivo ‹persona/prueba› demanding; ‹clientela/paladar› discerning
exigente adjetivo demanding ' exigente' also found in these entries: Spanish: caprichosa - caprichoso - delicada - delicado - jodido - quisquilloso English: challenging - choosy - demanding - discerning - discriminating - easy-going - exacting - fussy - lax - particular - pick - please - taxing - undiscerning - fastidious - undemanding
См. также в других словарях:
choosy — index particular (exacting), scrupulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
choosy — 1862, Amer.Eng., from CHOOSE (Cf. choose) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Also sometimes choosey. Related: Choosiness … Etymology dictionary
choosy — [adj] fussy, discriminating dainty, eclectic, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, nice, overparticular, particular, persnickety*, picky, prissy, select, selective; concept 404 Ant. undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy … New thesaurus
choosy — ► ADJECTIVE (choosier, choosiest) informal ▪ excessively fastidious in making a choice. DERIVATIVES choosiness noun … English terms dictionary
choosy — ☆ choosy or choosey [cho͞o′zē ] adj. choosier, choosiest Informal very careful or fussy in choosing … English World dictionary
choosy — UK [ˈtʃuːzɪ] / US [ˈtʃuzɪ] adjective Word forms choosy : adjective choosy comparative choosier superlative choosiest someone who is choosy has definite ideas about what they like and will not accept other things Shoppers these days are really… … English dictionary
choosy — choos|y choosey [ˈtʃu:zi] adj informal someone who is choosy will only accept things that they like a lot or they consider to be very good choosy about ▪ She s very choosy about clothes … Dictionary of contemporary English
choosy — choos|y [ tʃuzi ] adjective someone who is choosy has definite ideas about what they like and will not accept other things: FUSSY: Shoppers these days are really choosy. Doug was too cold to be choosy about where he spent the night … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
choosy — [[t]tʃu͟ːzi[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ about n/wh Someone who is choosy is difficult to please because they will only accept something if it is exactly what they want or if it is of very high quality. [mainly INFORMAL] Skiers should … English dictionary
choosy — choosey choosey choosy choosyadj. difficult to please, especially in details. Syn: particular, fussy. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
choosy — or choosey adjective (choosier; est) Date: 1862 fastidiously selective ; particular < choosy shoppers > … New Collegiate Dictionary