quagmire

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.
2. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.

Verb

To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

Conceptos

pantano

ciénaga

tremedal

cenagal

charca

lodazal

fango

barrizal

humedal

dilema

marisma

atolladero

fangal

apuro

Sinónimos

bog

marsh

morass

swamp

mire

quag

fen

mud

slough

wetland

moor

marshland

Moor

heath

quicksand

slack

sludge

snare

swale

swampland

trap

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wetlands

scraw bog

slush

turf swamp

mudhole

bogland

impasse

muskeg

peat bog

peat moss

hag

quaking bog

moss-land

glade

bayou

Traducciones

moeras

Sumpf

marais

marécage

bourbier

βάλτος

pântano

pantano

pantà

palus

palude

drasland

brejo

batak

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/

Etimología (Inglés)

Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775.
Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire.