English-Spanish translations for squeamish

• aprensivo
  ¿Por qué nos mostramos tan aprensivos con el trato de los derechos de las mujeres? Why be so squeamish about tackling women's rights?
  Ese es un punto importante, y en dos aspectos: por una parte –y en esto apoyo plenamente al señor Clarke– no debemos ser aprensivos. That is an important point, and in two respects: on the one hand – and this is where I am 100% behind Mr Clarke – that we must not be squeamish.
• quisquilloso
• remilgado

Definition of squeamish

• easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive
• averse or reluctant

Examples

• He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish about the sight of blood.

Related words

• squeamishness
• squeamishly
• be squeamish