Polyglot Dictionary

quandary

/ˈkwɑːndəri/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
quandaries

Meaning

  1. dilema, aprieto

    • She was in a quandary about which job to take.

      Estaba en un dilema sobre qué trabajo aceptar.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

predicament

Near-total synonyms for a difficult situation; largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

atolladero

Close — a quandary relates to a predicament.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa quandary?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: She was in a ___ about which job to take.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a quandary?

noun

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