Enigma

  • 31enigma — n. an enigma to * * * [ɪ nɪgmə] an enigma to …

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  • 32enigma — UK [ɪˈnɪɡmə] / US noun [countable] Word forms enigma : singular enigma plural enigmas someone or something that is mysterious and difficult to understand …

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  • 33enigma — See riddle. See riddle, puzzle, enigma …

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  • 34Enigma — Original name in latin Enigma Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/New York longitude 31.41297 latitude 83.32905 altitude 97 Population 1278 Date 2011 05 14 …

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  • 35enigma — (m) (Intermedio) frase o pregunta que tiene un sentido oculto y que resulta difícil de comprender o resolver Ejemplos: Este fenómeno es uno de los enigmas más extraños y curiosos de la historia. La desaparición de mi abuelo es un enigma que nadie …

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  • 36enigma — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. riddle, mystery, puzzle, conundrum, secret. See difficulty, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Puzzle] Syn. problem, riddle, parable; see puzzle 2 , 3 . 2. [Anything or anyone inexplicable] Syn …

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  • 37enigma — e|nig|ma [ıˈnıgmə] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: aenigma, from Greek, from ainos story ] someone or something that is strange and difficult to understand = ↑mystery ▪ The neighbours regarded him as something of an enigma …

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  • 38enigma — • gåta, problem, mysterium, hemlighet, enigma, tankenöt …

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  • 39enigma — [16] Enigma comes, via Latin, from Greek aínigma ‘riddle, obscure statement’. This was a derivative of the verb ainíssesthai ‘talk in riddles’, which in turn came from the noun ainos ‘tale, story’. Its modern English use for ‘something puzzling’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 40enigma — sustantivo masculino 1) adivinanza*, adivinaja (coloquial), quisicosa, acertijo. Adivinanza, adivinaja y quisicosa tienen carácter popular y pertenecen a la tradición oral. Son enunciados que hay que descifrar. El acertijo puede ser oral, gráfico …

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