Meanings (ES + gloss)
enigma • rompecabezas
A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma.
About the painting I have a great puzzle in my head between [George] Vertue, Mr. D'Urry, and Bishop Tanner [Thomas Tanner?].
Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.
puzle • rompecabezas
Often preceded by a descriptive word: a game or toy, or a problem, requiring some effort to complete or work out, which is intended as a pastime and/or to test one's mental ability.
Upon the whole, he [a person in a cave] looked not unlike that ingenious puzzle, called a reel in a bottle, the marvel of children, (and of some grown people too, myself for one,)…
crossword puzzle jigsaw puzzle
Phrases
Puzzle Palacebefuzzlebepuzzleconfuzzleempuzzlelawyer's puzzlemetapuzzlemonkey puzzlepiece of the puzzlepuzzle boxpuzzle canonpuzzle cubepuzzle gamepuzzle jugpuzzle lockpuzzle ringpuzzle-pegpuzzledompuzzlefestpuzzleheadpuzzleheadedpuzzlehuntpuzzlelesspuzzlelikepuzzlemasterpuzzlerypuzzlesomepuzzlewitpuzzlistsubpuzzleunpuzzle
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dejar perplejo • desconcertar • intrigar
To cause (oneself or someone, or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; to confuse, to mystify, to perplex.
"Really, Mr. Collins," cried Elizabeth with some warmth, "you puzzle me exceedingly. If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form of encouragement, I know not how to…
Nor is it sufficient that a man, who sets up for a judge in criticism, should have perused the authors above-mentioned, unless he has also a clear and logical head. Without this ta…
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