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1 Kleinlichkeit
* * *die Kleinlichkeitpedantry* * *Klein|lich|keitf -, -enpettiness; (= Knauserigkeit) meanness (esp Brit), stinginess (inf); (= Engstirnigkeit) narrow-mindedness* * *Klein·lich·keit<-, -en>f (pej)2. (Engstirnigkeit) pettiness no indef art, no pl pej, small-mindedness no indef art, no pl pej, narrow-mindedness no indef art, no pl pej* * *die; Kleinlichkeit (abwertend) s. kleinlich: pernicketiness; meanness; small-mindedness; pettiness; fussiness* * *Kleinlichkeit f pettiness; (Übergenauigkeit) pedantic attitude; (Umständlichkeit) fussiness; (Geiz) stinginess* * * -
2 Kleinigkeitskrämerei
Klei|nig|keits|krä|me|rei [-krɛːmə'rai]f -, -en (pej)pernicketiness, pedantry* * *Klei·nig·keits·krä·me·rei -
3 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 -
4 maniaquerie
maniaquerie [manjakʀi]feminine noun* * *manjakʀinom féminin ( caractère) fussiness* * *maniaquerie nf1 ( caractère) fussiness; il est d'une maniaquerie insupportable he's unbearably fussy;2 ( acte) ses maniaqueries his/her fussy ways.[manjakri] nom féminin -
5 Kleinigkeitskrämerei
Klei·nig·keits·krä·me·rei f( pej)Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > Kleinigkeitskrämerei
См. также в других словарях:
pernicketiness — pə(r)ˈnikəd.]ēnə̇s, kət], ]in noun ( es) : the quality or state of being pernickety : finicality, fastidiousness pernicketiness and refinement, resulting in a sterile preciosity Michael Williams * * * pernickˈetiness noun … Useful english dictionary
pernicketiness — noun The state or condition of being pernickety … Wiktionary
pernicketiness — per·nick·e·ti·ness … English syllables
pernickety — pernicketiness, n. /peuhr nik i tee/, adj. persnickety. [1800 10; orig. Scots; of uncert. orig.; the prefix per occurs in a number of other expressive words in Scots, e.g. pergaddus thump, clatter, perskeet fastidious, perjink trim, neat] * * * … Universalium
perfectionism — n fastidiousness, criticalness, over criticalness, hypercriticalness, overdemandingness, de mandingness, exactingness; fussiness, particularity, overparticularness, daintiness, finicalness, finicality, Inf. pernicketiness, meticulousness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
precision — n 1. exactness, exactitude, closeness, preciseness, Math. degree of error; accuracy, accurateness, correctness, rightness, rectitude, unerringness, {lawlessness, faultlessness, perfection; literalism, tex tualism, adherence to the letter or text … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder