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she's terribly finicky

  • 1 pietepeuterig

    〈 informeel〉
    1 [overdreven precies] finicky ⇒ 〈 nauwgezet〉 meticulous
    2 [erg klein] minute, diminutive
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   zij is vreselijk pietepeuterig • she's terribly finicky
    2   pietepeuterig schrift • microscopic handwriting

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > pietepeuterig

  • 2 zij is vreselijk pietepeuterig

    zij is vreselijk pietepeuterig

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > zij is vreselijk pietepeuterig

  • 3 quisquilloso

    adj.
    touchy, delicate, jumpy, finicky.
    * * *
    1 finicky, fussy, touchy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fusspot
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=susceptible) touchy, oversensitive; (=irritable) irritable; (=perfeccionista) pernickety *, persnickety (EEUU) *, choosy, fussy
    2) (=preocupado por nimiedades) too bothered about petty details
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.
    Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    ----
    * ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.
    * ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.
    Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    * ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.
    * ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.

    * * *
    1
    (meticuloso, exigente): es terriblemente quisquilloso y no le gusta que nadie toque sus cosas he is terribly particular and he doesn't like anyone touching his things
    ningún hotel le vino bien, es tan quisquilloso none of the hotels suited him, he's so hard to please o so choosy o so fussy
    2 (susceptible) touchy
    * * *

    quisquilloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq);


    ( susceptible) touchy
    quisquilloso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (meticuloso) fussy
    2 (suspicaz) touchy
    ' quisquilloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    quisquillosa
    - chinche
    - fastidioso
    English:
    fussy
    - nit
    - picky
    * * *
    quisquilloso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [detallista] pernickety
    2. [susceptible] touchy, oversensitive
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [detallista] nit-picker
    2. [susceptible] touchy person;
    ser un quisquilloso to be touchy
    * * *
    adj touchy
    * * *
    quisquilloso, -sa adj
    : fastidious, fussy
    quisquilloso, -sa n
    : fussy person, fussbudget
    * * *
    1. (exigente) fussy [comp. fussier; superl. fussiest]
    2. (susceptible) touchy [comp. touchier; superl. touchiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > quisquilloso

  • 4 maniático

    adj.
    1 maniac, demented, insane, maniacal.
    2 maniacal, obsessive, fanatical, overly meticulous.
    m.
    1 maniac, obsessed person.
    2 maniac, obsessively enthusiastic person, overly enthusiastic person.
    * * *
    1 (raro) cranky; (quisquilloso) fussy, finicky; (fanático) obsessive
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (quisquilloso) fusspot
    2 (loco) crackpot, crank
    * * *
    maniático, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=con manías) maniac, maniacal; (=fanático) fanatical; (=obsesionado) obsessive
    2) (=loco) crazy; (=excéntrico) eccentric, cranky *; (=delicado) fussy
    3) (=terco) stubborn
    2.
    SM / F (=obsesionado) maniac; (=fanático) fanatic; (=excéntrico) crank *

    solo piensa en no pisar las rayas de las aceras, es un maniático — his only concern is not to step on the lines on the pavement, he's obsessed

    maniático de la ecología — ecology fanatic, ecology freak *

    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) (delicado, difícil) finicky, fussy
    b) ( obsesionado) obsessive
    * * *
    = faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.], neurotic, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], peculiar.
    Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex. These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
    Ex. Small wonder that, in the alternative universe, librarians are careworn and cataloguers neurotic.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) (delicado, difícil) finicky, fussy
    b) ( obsesionado) obsessive
    * * *
    = faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.], neurotic, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], peculiar.

    Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.

    Ex: These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
    Ex: Small wonder that, in the alternative universe, librarians are careworn and cataloguers neurotic.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.

    * * *
    1 (delicado, difícil) finicky, fussy
    2 (obsesionado) obsessive
    es tan maniático que se lava las manos veinte veces al día he's obsessive, he washes his hands twenty times a day
    ¡qué vas a estar gorda! no seas maniática of course you're not fat!, stop being obsessive o neurotic o so silly
    son muy maniáticos con la comida they're very cranky about what they eat
    masculine, feminine
    1
    (delicado): no come nada que no haya preparado él mismo, es un maniático he won't eat anything that he hasn't prepared himself, he's incredibly fussy o finicky like that
    2
    (fanático): es una maniática de la limpieza she's obsessed with o fanatical about cleanliness, she has a real obsession with cleanliness
    maniáticos que comen sólo arroz y algas cranks who eat only rice and seaweed
    * * *

    maniático
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) (delicado, difícil) finicky, fussy


    maniático,-a
    I adjetivo fussy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino fusspot
    ' maniático' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caprichosa
    - caprichoso
    - maniática
    English:
    fastidious
    - crank
    - fuss
    - fussy
    * * *
    maniático, -a
    ♦ adj
    fussy
    ♦ nm,f
    fussy person;
    es un maniático he's terribly fussy;
    es un maniático de los detalles he's a stickler for detail;
    es una maniática con la limpieza she's a cleaning freak;
    es un maniático del fútbol he's soccer-crazy o Br football-crazy
    * * *
    I adj fam
    fussy
    II m, maniática f fusspot;
    es un maniático de la limpieza he has an obsession with cleaning, he’s a cleaning freak fam
    * * *
    maniático, -ca adj
    1) maníaco: maniacal
    2) : obsessive
    3) : fussy, finicky
    maniático, -ca n
    1) maníaco: maniac, lunatic
    2) : obsessive person, fanatic
    3) : eccentric, crank
    * * *
    maniático adj fussy [comp. fussier; superl. fussiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > maniático

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