riddle
gb/ɹˈɪdəl/ us/ɹˈɪdəl/
B1
Inglés
~ 9400
találós kérdés, rejtvény, kilyuggat, hemzseg, szitává lő, összezavar, zavarba ejt, rosta, rostál
SUSTANTIVO
B1
1
rejtvény
B1
Patrón de uso:
tell [someone] a riddle
The teacher started the lesson with a short riddle to wake everyone up.
A tanár egy rövid találós kérdéssel kezdte az órát, hogy mindenkit felébresszen.
Can you solve this riddle about a man who walks into a bar?
Meg tudod oldani ezt a találós kérdést arról a férfiról, aki bemegy egy bárba?
Children love the classic riddle, "What has keys but can't open locks?"
The book is full of clever riddles and word games.
She wrote a riddle for her friend's birthday card.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
He told us a riddle and we all laughed at the answer.
Mondott nekünk egy találós kérdést, és mindannyian nevettünk a válaszon.
This riddle is hard, but I want to try it.
Ez a találós kérdés nehéz, de szeretném megpróbálni.
Can you think of a new riddle for the game?
The child asked her father a riddle before bed.
I do not know the answer to this riddle.
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes use "riddle" to mean any difficult problem (for example, saying *"This math riddle is hard"*). In everyday English, "riddle" is usually a playful or clever question, often with a joke or trick, not just any hard task or problem. It also sounds odd to say *"guess a riddle"*; we usually say "solve a riddle" or "guess the answer to a riddle".
Significado
puzzling question with hidden answer
Colocaciones
solve a riddle
|answer a riddle
|tell a riddle
|a difficult riddle
|a funny riddle
|riddle game
Sinónimos
puzzle (Very close in meaning, but can be any kind of problem; a riddle is usually a short question or statement with a word-based trick.)
Antónimos
answer (A riddle is the puzzling question or statement; an answer is the clear solution to it.)
Temas
entertainment
|communication
|thinking
|arts_entertainment
|education
Definición
A special kind of question or sentence that is like a game and is hard to answer because the meaning is hidden.
A question or statement with a hidden or clever answer, asked as a game or challenge and meant to be difficult to understand or solve.
VERBO
C1
2
Patrón de uso:
to riddle [something] with [something bad]
The gang riddled the car with bullets before driving away.
A banda szitává lőtte az autót, mielőtt elhajtott.
The report is riddled with errors and needs to be rewritten.
A jelentés hemzseg a hibáktól, és újra kell írni.
The company was riddled with corruption for years before anyone spoke up.
Her body was riddled with disease by the time doctors found the cause.
The old wall was riddled with tiny holes from insects.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
The old coat was riddled with small holes.
A régi kabát tele volt apró lyukakkal.
The building is riddled with safety problems.
Az épület hemzseg a biztonsági problémáktól.
Their plan is riddled with mistakes.
The story is riddled with little details that do not make sense.
The city is riddled with crime in some areas.
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes say *"full riddled with"* or *"very riddled with"*. In natural English we normally just say "be riddled with [something]" without another word like "full". Also, this verb is mostly used in the passive form ("be riddled with"), not actively as *"They riddled it with problems"* except in clearly physical cases like bullets or holes.
Significado
fill with many holes or problems
Colocaciones
riddle with bullets
|riddle with holes
|be riddled with errors
|be riddled with corruption
|riddled with disease
|riddled with problems
Sinónimos
fill (A more general word for putting a lot of something into something; "riddle" suggests many small holes or many serious, often negative, things.)
Antónimos
repair (If something has been riddled with holes or problems, repairing it means removing or fixing those holes or problems.)
Temas
problems
|violence
|evaluation
|work
|communication
Definición
To make something full of many small holes, or (more often) to make something have many bad things or problems in it.
To make something full of many small holes or, more commonly in modern use, full of many serious problems, faults, or unpleasant things.
VERBO
C1
LITERARY
3
összezavar
B2
zavarba ejt
B2
Patrón de uso:
to riddle [someone]
His sudden decision to quit still riddles me.
A hirtelen döntése, hogy felmond, még mindig összezavar.
The scientist's strange theory riddled the audience during the lecture.
A tudós furcsa elmélete összezavarta a hallgatóságot az előadás alatt.
The letter was full of hints that only riddled her further.
The mystery novel is designed to riddle the reader until the final page.
Her behavior riddled her friends, who could not guess what she wanted.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
His answer riddles me; I do not understand it.
A válasza összezavar; nem értem.
The story riddled the students, and they asked many questions.
A történet összezavarta a diákokat, és sok kérdést tettek fel.
This strange rule riddles new workers at the company.
Her words riddled him, and he stayed quiet.
The message riddled me for days.
Error frecuente:
This use of "riddle" is rare and literary. Learners sometimes try to use it in everyday speech instead of more common verbs like "confuse" or "puzzle". For normal conversation, "confuse" or "puzzle" is usually better.
Significado
to puzzle or confuse deeply
Colocaciones
riddle someone
|riddle the reader
|riddle the mind
|riddle the plot
Sinónimos
bewilder (Very close in meaning; "bewilder" is more common in modern English, while this sense of "riddle" is more literary or old-fashioned.)
Antónimos
clarify (To clarify is to make something clear and easy to understand, the opposite of puzzling or confusing someone.)
Temas
thinking
|confusion
|emotions
|communication
Definición
To make someone feel very confused because they cannot understand something.
To confuse or puzzle someone so much that they cannot easily understand or explain something.
SUSTANTIVO
C2
TECHNICAL
4
rosta
B2
Patrón de uso:
a riddle for [material]
The gardener used a large riddle to remove stones from the soil.
A kertész egy nagy rostát használt, hogy kiszedje a köveket a földből.
Grain was passed through a riddle to separate out the chaff.
A gabonát rostán engedték át, hogy különválasszák a pelyvát.
He bought a metal riddle for his landscaping work.
The soil must be put through a riddle before planting the seeds.
Workers shook the sand in a riddle to get a fine, even texture.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
The farmer used a riddle to clean the grain.
A gazda rostát használt a gabona tisztításához.
You can use a riddle to take small stones out of the earth.
A földből a kisebb köveket rostával is ki lehet szedni.
He passed the soil through a riddle before planting flowers.
They shook the sand in a riddle to make it smooth.
She bought a metal riddle for her garden.
Error frecuente:
Learners almost never know this sense and may confuse it with the "puzzle" meaning. In technical or gardening texts, check the context: if it clearly talks about soil or grain being shaken or separated, "riddle" probably means a type of sieve.
Significado
coarse sieve for soil or grain
Colocaciones
garden riddle
|soil riddle
|wire riddle
|use a riddle
|shake the riddle
Sinónimos
sieve (A general word; a "riddle" is usually larger and coarser, used for soil or grain in gardening or farming.)
Antónimos
solid plate (A solid plate does not let smaller pieces pass through, unlike a riddle or sieve which separates materials.)
Temas
tools
|agriculture
|construction
|work
|core_vocabulary
Definición
A tool like a large sieve that you shake to separate soil, stones, grain, or other materials by size.
A coarse sieve used for separating soil, gravel, grain, or other materials by size.
VERBO
C2
TECHNICAL
5
rostál
B2
Patrón de uso:
to riddle [material]
Before laying the lawn, they riddled the soil to remove stones.
A gyep lerakása előtt átrostálták a földet, hogy kiszedjék a köveket.
The workers riddled the sand to get an even layer for the paving.
A munkások átrostálták a homokot, hogy egyenletes réteget kapjanak a burkoláshoz.
Farmers once riddled grain by hand before modern machines took over.
He spent the afternoon riddling the earth for his new vegetable bed.
The builder riddled the gravel to get rid of large chunks.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
They riddled the soil to take out small stones.
Átrostálták a földet, hogy kiszedjék a kisebb köveket.
The farmer riddled the grain before storing it.
A gazda átrostálta a gabonát, mielőtt elraktározta.
We must riddle the sand before we use it.
He riddled the earth to make it soft for the plants.
Workers riddled the gravel to make it more even.
Error frecuente:
This sense is rare and mostly used in technical, farming, or gardening contexts. Learners may wrongly think it means "to puzzle" or "to fill with holes" because of the more common senses. In sentences about soil, sand, or grain being prepared, "riddle" usually means to sift with a coarse sieve.
Significado
sift material with a coarse sieve
Colocaciones
riddle the soil
|riddle the earth
|riddle the sand
|riddle the grain
Sinónimos
sift (A more general term; "riddle" is usually used for coarser work with soil, sand, or grain, not fine flour.)
Antónimos
mix (Riddling separates materials by size, while mixing combines them together.)
Temas
tools
|agriculture
|construction
|work
|science
Definición
To shake soil, grain, or other material in a coarse sieve so that small pieces fall through and big pieces stay on top.
To pass soil, grain, sand, or similar material through a coarse sieve in order to separate it by size.
Gramática
Forma de diccionario
riddle
AFI
GB/ɹˈɪdəl/
US/ɹˈɪdəl/
Sílabas y acento
riddle (1 sílaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (riddle)
Formas de la palabra
Noun
- Base: riddle
- Plural: riddles
Verb
- Base: riddle
- 3rd Person Singular: riddles
- Present Participle: riddling
- Past: riddled
Familia de palabras
Forms
riddles
noun
riddling
verb
riddled
verb
Related words
riddler
noun
Expresiones
be riddled with
1/bˈi ɹˈɪdəld wˈɪθ/
fixed phrase
be full of problems or faults
To be full of many bad things, such as problems, mistakes, crime, or disease.
Ejemplos
- The report is riddled with spelling mistakes and needs to be checked again.
- The company was riddled with corruption for decades.
- His body was riddled with cancer by the time doctors found it.
pose a riddle
1/pˈoʊz ə ɹˈɪdəl/
fixed phrase
present someone with a riddle
To ask someone a riddle for them to try to answer.
Ejemplos
- The host posed a riddle to the audience before starting the show.
- He liked to pose riddles to his children at dinner.
- The teacher posed a riddle to make the class think.
riddle me this
1/ɹˈɪdəl mˈi ðˈɪs/
idiom
informal
playful way to pose a hard question
A playful way to say, "Here is a difficult or clever question for you to answer."
Ejemplos
- Riddle me this: what gets wetter the more it dries?
- Riddle me this, how can a small startup beat a huge company?
- He smiled and said, "Riddle me this," before asking a tricky question.
solve a riddle
1/sˈɑlv ə ɹˈɪdəl/
fixed phrase
find the answer to a riddle
To find the correct answer to a riddle.
Ejemplos
- It took her only a minute to solve the riddle.
- Children worked together to solve the riddle on the board.
- Who will be the first to solve this riddle?
talk in riddles
1/tˈɔk ˈɪn ɹˈɪdəlz/
idiom
speak in a puzzling way
To speak in a way that is not clear, so people feel confused and must guess what you really mean.
Ejemplos
- Stop talking in riddles and just tell me what happened.
- The instructions talk in riddles instead of saying clearly what to do.
- He enjoys talking in riddles to sound mysterious.