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Meanings of pitfall in inglés

portugués
obstáculo

An unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty.

obstáculo
portugués
armadilha

A trap in the form of a concealed hole.

armadilha
Synonyms
Examples for "booby trap"
Examples for "booby trap"
1
They often booby trap areas under their control before leaving, complicating return.
Reuters
2
A badly wounded man could still return fire or activate a booby trap.
Aspho Fields
3
Every tree and rock is a booby trap and an ambush.
The Great Book of Amber
4
Coca was the detonator, the trigger on this booby trap she had rigged.
Nothing in her way
5
How can we know whether they'd leave a rear-guard or booby trap here?
Control Group
Usage of pitfall in inglés
1
McFadyen and Dunn were aware of that pitfall, and faced another challenge.
Reuters
2
NZ Realtors Network chair Mark Coffey said it was a potential pitfall.
Radio NZ
3
Man examining pitfall discovers turtle, and fastens it with a forked stick.
Filipino Popular Tales
4
There was surely some pitfall, some trap concealed for my abounding credulity.
The Passenger from Calais
5
And he'll face another early pitfall this summer when candidate debates begin.
NY Magazine
6
Was it a pitfall into which the poor little lady had fallen?
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
7
For collectors the best strategies are setting pitfall traps and head lamping.
The Guardian
8
Could I, by any effort of the will, have shunned this pitfall?
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
9
Will you make her understand what kind of pitfall she has escaped?
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
10
Happy the star which guided me from the pitfall of wedded life!
The Grey Cloak
11
Flat-shares are hell The queue for the bathroom is a flat-share pitfall.
The Guardian
12
This is a common pitfall among programmers-especiallythose writing in a shell language.
Learning the bash shell, 3rd edition
13
What was once a hazardous pitfall is now a solved problem.
The Guardian
14
The main pitfall may be centered on taking something or someone for granted.
The South African
15
With big players moving in, the potential pitfall is home cooking.
Reuters
16
That was exactly the pitfall Cantle tried to warn us about.
The Guardian
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Translations for pitfall
Pitfall through the time
Pitfall across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common