Captious
//ˈkæpʃəs//
Translations of "captious" (18 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian | բծախնդիր(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), խճճող(that captures misleadingly), մանրախնդիր(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), քթի մազ(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | bcaxndir, xččoġ, manraxndir, kʻtʻi maz | |
| Bulgarian | заядлив(that captures misleadingly), заядлив(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), критичен(that captures misleadingly), критичен(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), придирчив(that captures misleadingly), придирчив(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | zajadliv, zajadliv, kritičen, kritičen, pridirčiv, pridirčiv | |
| Catalan | capciós(that captures misleadingly), criticador(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 強詞奪理的 /强词夺理的(that captures misleadingly), 挑剔(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), 詭辯的 /诡辩的(that captures misleadingly) | qiǎngcíduólǐ de, tiāoti, guǐbiàn de | |
| Dutch | misleidend(that captures misleadingly), sofistisch(that captures misleadingly), vitziek(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | — | |
| Finnish | harhaanjohtava(that captures misleadingly), pikkumainen(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | — | |
| French | pinailleur(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), piège(that captures misleadingly) | — | |
| German | haarspalterisch(that captures misleadingly), kleinkariert(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), kleinlich(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), krittelig(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), spitzfindig(that captures misleadingly), verfänglich(that captures misleadingly) | — | |
| Irish | beachtaíoch(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), gearrghreamannach(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | — | |
| Italian | ambiguo(that captures misleadingly), arzigogolato(that captures misleadingly), capzioso(that captures misleadingly), capzioso(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), cavilloso(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), ingannevole(that captures misleadingly), insidioso(that captures misleadingly), sofistico(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), tortuoso.(that captures misleadingly) | — | |
| Latin | captiōsus(that captures misleadingly) | — | |
| Māori | ngutu-momoho(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), toretore(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | تتیز(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | titiz | |
| Portuguese | ardiloso(that captures misleadingly), astucioso(that captures misleadingly), capcioso(that captures misleadingly), implicante(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | — | |
| Russian | каверзный(that captures misleadingly), придирчивый(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), сли́шком стро́гий(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), хи́трый(that captures misleadingly) | kaverznyj, pridirčivyj, slíškom strógij, xítryj | |
| Spanish | capcioso(that captures misleadingly), criticón(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), pejiguero(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | — | |
| Turkish | müşkülpesent(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections) | — | |
| Vietnamese | hay bắt bẻ(having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections), nguỵ biện(that captures misleadingly) | — |
заядлив, заядлив, критичен, критичен, придирчив, придирчив
zajadliv, zajadliv, kritičen, kritičen, pridirčiv, pridirčiv
capciós, criticador
misleidend, sofistisch, vitziek
harhaanjohtava, pikkumainen
pinailleur, piège
haarspalterisch, kleinkariert, kleinlich, krittelig, spitzfindig, verfänglich
beachtaíoch, gearrghreamannach
ambiguo, arzigogolato, capzioso, capzioso, cavilloso, ingannevole, insidioso, sofistico, tortuoso.
captiōsus
ngutu-momoho, toretore
ardiloso, astucioso, capcioso, implicante
каверзный, придирчивый, сли́шком стро́гий, хи́трый
kaverznyj, pridirčivyj, slíškom strógij, xítryj
capcioso, criticón, pejiguero
müşkülpesent
hay bắt bẻ, nguỵ biện
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.