contumeria

== Spanish == === Etymology === From contumelia, from Latin contumēlia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kontuˈmeɾja/ [kõn̪.t̪uˈme.ɾja] Rhymes: -eɾja Syllabification: con‧tu‧me‧ria === Noun === contumeria f (plural contumerias) (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador) a tedious, complicated, time-consuming problem or situation (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador) overcautiousness, meticulousness, fastidiousness (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador) indecision === Further reading === “contumeria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “contumeria”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010