contumerioso
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From contumeria + -oso, from contumelia (“offense, affront”), from Latin contumēlia (“insult”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kontumeˈɾjoso/ [kõn̪.t̪u.meˈɾjo.so]
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: con‧tu‧me‧rio‧so
=== Adjective ===
contumerioso (feminine contumeriosa, masculine plural contumeriosos, feminine plural contumeriosas) (colloquial)
(El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Southeastern Mexico) nitpicky, finicky, fussy, picky, persnickety, fastidious
Synonym: quisquilloso
(El Salvador, Honduras) complicated; tedious; time-consuming
Synonyms: complicado, difícil, tedioso, engorroso
=== Further reading ===
“contumerioso”, 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
“contumerioso”, 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