Polyglot Dictionary

impasse

/ĩˈpasi/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os impasses

Meaning

  1. impasse

    • Chegaram a um impasse.

      They reached an impasse.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

English

deadlock

deadlock is the English word for the same thing — both mean "impasse."

English

stalemate

Close — an impasse relates to a stalemate.

French

pat

Close — an impasse relates to a stalemate.

Practice

1 What does impasse mean?

2 Fill the gap: Chegaram a um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches impasse?

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