minucioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin minūtiōsus. Equivalent to minúcia +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.nu.siˈo.zu/ [mi.nu.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /mi.nuˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.nu.siˈo.zu/ [mi.nu.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /mi.nuˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.nu.siˈo.zo/ [mi.nu.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /mi.nuˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.nuˈsjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: mi‧nu‧cio‧so

Adjective

minucioso (feminine minuciosa, masculine plural minuciosos, feminine plural minuciosas, comparable, comparative mais minucioso, superlative o mais minucioso or minuciosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. thorough; detailed

   Synonyms: detalhado, pormenorizado, circunstanciado

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:minucioso.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin minūtiōsus. Equivalent to minucia +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /minuˈθjoso/ [mi.nuˈθjo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /minuˈsjoso/ [mi.nuˈsjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: mi‧nu‧cio‧so

Adjective

minucioso (feminine minuciosa, masculine plural minuciosos, feminine plural minuciosas)

1. thorough, detailed

   Synonym: detallado

Derived terms

• minuciosidad

 

Further reading

• “minucioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014