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Meanings of riddle in inglés

ruso
загадочность
portugués
charada
español
adivinanzas
catalán
endevinalla
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Statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.

        adivinanzas
        portugués
        adivinha
        catalán
        endevinalla
        español
        enigma

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

              enigma
              portugués
              permear

              Spread or diffuse through.

                  permear
                  catalán
                  garbellar

                  Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff.

                        garbellar
                        Synonyms
                        Examples for "screen"
                        Examples for "screen"
                        1
                        Diplomatic sources say the application process helps Israel screen potential security threats.
                        Reuters
                        2
                        Almost instantly, a new line of text scrolled across the security screen:
                        The Flood
                        3
                        Each screen showed a different feed, a different point in the recording.
                        The truth of valor
                        4
                        The new screen is described in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.
                        Wired
                        5
                        The main view screen flickered and a million stars snapped into focus.
                        The Fall of Reach
                        Usage of riddle in inglés
                        1
                        Not so; you used the riddle and I but spoke in kind.
                        Beatrix of Clare
                        2
                        For two days I'd carried the riddle of Project Nemesis inside me.
                        Nemesis
                        3
                        How had he not been able to work out this riddle earlier?
                        Metro 2033
                        4
                        And in the riddle of Cleobulus, one of the seven wise men:
                        History of English Humour, Vol. 1 / With an Introduction upon An...
                        5
                        One day Ish heard him asking a riddle of the other children.
                        Earth Abides
                        6
                        The return of the dead is the eternal riddle of the living.
                        The Return of Peter Grimm
                        7
                        Nevertheless, intimacy represents an enigmatic riddle for the majority of these men.
                        No More Mr. Nice Guy!
                        8
                        In the Berkeley Court hotel in Dublin yesterday, it was riddle time.
                        The Irish Times
                        9
                        All questioning was vain; her heart gave no solution of the riddle.
                        Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home
                        10
                        He opened the door wider to the nocturnal riddle of the house.
                        The Price of Love
                        11
                        We can't forget to carry that forward, one riddle to the next.
                        Map of bones
                        12
                        In this way I made a start at working out the riddle.
                        A Chinese Wonder Book
                        13
                        There is something, after all, in the unguessed riddle of the Sphinx.
                        Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul
                        14
                        This error alone gave him now an opportunity to unravel the riddle.
                        The Case and the Girl
                        15
                        Once a supernational riddle appears, it's really up to the technical types-
                        Timescape
                        16
                        He himself did not find the solution of the riddle at once.
                        Darwin and Modern Science
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                        Translations for riddle
                        Riddle through the time
                        Riddle across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Less common