beco sem saída — meaning in English

English meaning

• stalemate noun In chess, a position where the player to move has no legal move and is not in check, ending the game as a draw.

Senses

beco sem saída is used for these senses in English:

• Catch-22 (idiomatic) A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
• dead end (idiomatic) A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.

stalemate — full definition

1. noun In chess, a position where the player to move has no legal move and is not in check, ending the game as a draw.
2. noun Any deadlocked situation where neither side can make progress.
3. verb To bring a situation, argument, or game to a deadlock.

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