el
masculine
/diˈlema/
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Translation
dilemma
Word origin
From Greek dilemma, from di- ('two') plus lemma ('premise, proposition'). Like other Greek-derived nouns ending in -ma, it is masculine in Spanish despite the -a ending.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- dilemma
- English cognates
- dilemma
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraldilemas
Examples
moral.
He is facing a difficult moral dilemma.
marcharse.
The dilemma was whether to stay or to leave.
.
I do not know how to resolve this dilemma.
Ambas , .
Both options are bad, and that is the dilemma.
¡ !
What a complicated dilemma!
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