enigma

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A riddle, or a difficult problem.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Riddles and puzzles, collectively.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Mysteriousness; obscurity; a lack of clarity.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A style of literature characterized by obscurity and hints of transcendental meaning.
  6. (alt-of, countable, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Enigma.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A protein with three LIM domains (a conserved cysteine- and histidine-rich structure of two adjacent zinc fingers) at the C terminus that regulates protein phosphorylation.
  8. (countable, uncountable) The Talaud kingfisher, Todiramphus enigma.
  9. (countable, uncountable) Any of species of Oedaleonotus enigma of grasshoppers.
  10. (countable, uncountable) Any of species of Heliothis enigma of rare moths.

Conceptos

enigma
misterio
rompecabezas
🧩
acertijo
adivinanza

el enigma

Sinónimos

riddle
C1
puzzle
C1
mystery
B1
conundrum
28k
closed book
📕
problem
A1
brain-teaser
jigsaw puzzle
🧩
quiz
C1
puzzler
secret
A2
㊙️

profound secret

inconceivable
22k
paradox
C2
poser
31k
question
A1
❓
quibble
32k
tickler
why
A1

brain teaser

Traducciones

énigme
Rätsel
enigma
enigma

αίνιγμα

devinette
enigma
mystère
raadsel
puzzle
🧩
puzzel
aenigma

griphus

adivinhação
Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɪˈnɪɡmə/
Etimología (Inglés)

From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), being derived itself from the Ancient Greek verbal noun αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, speaking in riddles”).

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