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Meanings of conundrum in English

Portuguese
adivinha
Catalan
endevinalla
Spanish
enigma

Any problem where the answer is very complex, possibly unsolvable without deep investigation.

adivinha
Usage of conundrum in English
1
Why We Need Peer-to-Peer So Badly This conundrum has no easy resolution.
Wired
2
And everybody has to deal with that thirteen-year-old's conundrum: 'Am I real?'
Engineering Infinity
3
The current bout of good weather has brought with it a conundrum.
The Irish Times
4
Impact investing has been posited as a possible solution to this conundrum.
The South African
5
This is the heart of the conundrum for Ireland and the EU.
Reuters
6
This is the philosophical conundrum facing the game in our country today.
News.com.au
7
Ireland v Argentina, Felipe Contepomi interview: It represents a typical sporting conundrum.
The Irish Times
8
Princeton computer science whiz Ed Felten and others point out the conundrum.
Wired
9
It seems to reduce the idea of God to a logical conundrum.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
10
The Eubank conundrum Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren don't agree on much.
The Guardian
11
But he also gave the 54 conflicted Uefa members an additional conundrum.
The Guardian
12
The answer to this apparent conundrum is that we are all inbred.
The Guardian
13
The conundrum is to know what to do with the little rascal.
The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
14
Multiple crossings of Atlantic by ancient monkeys This presents an obvious conundrum.
The South African
15
If that is a conundrum, I can answer it the first time.
In the Midst of Alarms
16
The full ineptitude of this conundrum only dawned upon me by degrees.
Alone
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Conundrum through the time
Conundrum across language varieties
Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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