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cuestión — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • matter noun Physical substance in general — anything that has mass and takes up space.
  • question noun A sentence or phrase used to ask for information or a response.

Senses

cuestión is used for these senses in English:

  • catch (countable, sometimes, _, noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
  • issue (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
  • issue (US, originally, _, psychology, usually, in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now, _, informal, figurative, _, and, _) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
  • matter (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
  • matter An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
  • question A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
  • question A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
  • question A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter.

catch — full definition

  1. verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
  2. verb To become infected with an illness.
  3. verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
  4. noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
  5. noun Something captured, especially fish.

issue — full definition

  1. noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  2. noun A single edition of a magazine, newspaper, or comic.
  3. verb To officially give out, publish, or send something into circulation.

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