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adivinha — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conundrum noun A confusing or difficult problem, often one without a clear solution.
  • riddle noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.
  • soothsayer noun A person believed to be able to predict the future, especially through intuition or supposed magical insight.

Senses

adivinha is used for these senses in English:

  • conundrum A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
  • guess what (idiomatic) Used to dramatize the introduction of an unsurprising outcome.
  • riddle A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
  • soothsayer One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.

riddle — full definition

  1. noun A question or statement phrased puzzlingly, meant to be solved for fun or as a test of wit.
  2. noun A coarse sieve used to separate finer material from coarser material, such as sifting gravel from sand.
  3. verb To pierce something with many holes, or to fill it thoroughly with something, often something damaging.

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