puzzle

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
2. A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
3. A crossword puzzle.
4. A jigsaw puzzle.
5. A riddle.
6. Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
7. The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

Verb

1. To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.
2. To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.
3. To make intricate; to entangle.

Conceptos

rompecabezas

enigma

consternar

puzzle

desconcertar

adivinanza

juego de ingenio

agitar

perturbar

desatinar

romperse los cascos

descabezarse

maraña

acertijo

confundir

embarazo

enredar

perplejidad

meditar

reflejar

dejar perplejo

intrigar

puzle

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpʌzəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Origin uncertain; originally pusle. Possibly from pose (“to perplex, puzzle, interrogate”) + -le (frequentative suffix). The verb (1590s) “to perplex” seems to predate the noun “state of being perplexed” (circa 1600), “perplexing question” (1650s), “toy” (1814).