ständig an etwas oder jemandem kleinliche Kritik üben
to nitpick, to split hairs
🔊 2015, Andrea Camilleri, Dominique Vittoz transl., La reine de Poméranie, Fayard, Trois
Buscar todos los defectos posibles a algo, incluso si no los hay.
eş: buscarle el pelo al huevo
to quibble, or split hairs · to nitpick, to criticize by splitting hairs · to crack, to become covered with capillary veins (of ceramics, etc.)
çekim: geçmiş cavillàto · ortaç cavillàto · şimdiki cavìlla · ulaç cavillànte
eş: arzigogolò, bizantineggiò, cercò, il pelo nell’uovo, fece, ragionamenti capziosi
köken: From Latin cavillārī.
to nitpick, to be fastidious
çekim: geçmiş mierenneukten · ortaç gemierenneukt · şimdiki mierenneukt · ulaç mierenneukend
eş: haarkloven, insectencopulatie, kommaneuken
köken: From mier (“ant”) + -en- + neuken (“to fuck”).
aile: mierenneuker, mierenneukerij
to imply · to involve · to implicate
çekim: geçmiş impliquei · ortaç implicado · şimdiki implica
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin implicāre. Doublet of empregar.
🔊 A Laura está implicando com o João.
to find fault, to nitpick, to rebuke, to censure · to feel guilty · to question (a suspect)
çekim: geçmiş 咎めた
🔊 些細なミスを咎めない
🔊 黙っているのは気が咎める
🔊 夜道で警官に咎められた
İsveççe 🔊 kritisera småsaker
Lehçe 🔊 czepiać się , czepić się , przyczepiać się , przyczepić się , przypieprzać się , przypierdalać się
to delouse, get rid of lice (from the hair, body, etc.), disinfest
çekim: geçmiş despăducheat · ortaç despăducheat · şimdiki despăduchează
köken: Probably from des- + păduche or from păduchea. Compare also Aromanian dispiducljedz, dispiducljari.
to seek a knot in a bulrush (to raise objection to everything, to want to find problems where none exist)
köken: a (“the”) + káka (“bulrush”) + -n (“on”, case suffix) + is (“even”) + csomó (“knot”) + -t (accusative suffix) + keres (“to seek”), literally “to seek a knot even on a bulrush”
to jeer, mock, satirize · to gainsay, quibble, or engage in sophistry
çekim: ortaç cavillātus · şimdiki cavillātur · ulaç cavillāns
köken: Etymology tree Latin cavilla Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cavillor From cavilla (“jesting, banter”) + -ō.
aile: cavillābundus, cavillātiō, cavillātor, cavillātrix, cavillātus, cavillōsus
nagging, quarrelsome, hard to please · whimsical
çekim: karşılaştırma lebih cerewet · üstünlük paling cerewet
to nitpick; to quibble; to be petty · to be stubborn; to be obstinate
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 拘執 (“rigid/stubborn”).
to split hairs
çekim: geçmiş filí prim · ortaç filat prim
to unstitch, unseam, rip the seam of
çekim: geçmiş mfettaq · ortaç mfettaq
köken: Etymology tree Arabic فَتَّقَ (fattaqa) Maltese fettaq Inherited from Arabic فَتَّقَ (fattaqa).
to nag, nitpick, dwell on, be a nuisance
cmn 🔊 吹毛求疵 , 吹求 , 找岔子 , 找碴 , 挑刺 , 挑剔
sh 🔊 biskati , bištati , cepidlačiti , cjepidlačiti , бискати , биштати