conundrum
 noun
 quebracabezas
EN The Chinese conundrum.
GL O quebracabezas chinés.
 Fonte: C03 (376)
dilema
EN In fact, establishing a new migration policy for the country presents government with a conundrum: the middle path lies somewhere between open borders and "fortress South Africa" and defining that path is still very much a work in progress.
GL En realidade, as autoridades atópanse nun dilema: apertura ou peche das fronteiras, e esfórzanse por encontrar unha vía intermedia.
Fonte: C13 (277)
enigma
EN Actually, life is still a complete conundrum, in spite of all the insights provided by evolutionary theory and more modern biological paradigms, such as genetics and molecular biology.
GL Pero o certo é que a vida segue sendo un perfecto enigma, pese a tódalas claves que ofrecen as teorías evolucionistas ou os paradigmas biolóxicos máis modernos, como a xenética e a bioloxía molecular.
Fonte: C16 (356)
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