escrúpulo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, 1⁄24 uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Doublet of escrópulo. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -upulu Hyphenation: es‧crú‧pu‧lo === Noun === escrúpulo m (plural escrúpulos) scruple, a nagging doubt, pang of conscience, or ethical concern Synonyms: ansiedade, dúvida, hesitação (historical) alternative form of escrópulo, a small traditional unit of mass ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “escrúpulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “escrúpulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin scrūpulus (“scruple, nagging doubt, 1⁄24 uncia”), from scrūpus (“sharp stone, anxiety”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). Cognate with Portuguese escrópulo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈkɾupulo/ [esˈkɾu.pu.lo] Rhymes: -upulo Syllabification: es‧crú‧pu‧lo === Noun === escrúpulo m (plural escrúpulos) scruple (doubt concerning the morality of some action) apprehension (uneasy doubt concerning other issues, especially carefulness or pickiness about food) care (exactitude or rigor in the performance of some action) (historical) escrupulo, Spanish scruple (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 1.2 g) (chiefly historical) English or American scruple (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1.3 g) (astronomy, geometry, historical) synonym of minuto (1⁄60 of a degree) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (Spanish unit of mass): grano (1⁄24 escrúpulo), tomín (1⁄2 escrúpulo), adarme (1+1⁄2 escrúpulo), ochava (3 escrúpulos), castellano (6 escrúpulo), onza (24 escrúpulo) ==== Derived terms ==== escrupulizar escrúpulo de Marigargajo, escrúpulo del padre Gargajo, escrúpulo de monja ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “escrúpulo”, 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