contumerioso

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)

1. (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Southeastern Mexico) nitpicky, finicky, fussy, picky, persnickety, fastidious

   Synonym: quisquilloso

2. (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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “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