B1verb · transitive · rare

riddle

rid·dle

riddle · riddles · riddled · riddling

вийти, виходити, розробити

разгадать, разгадывать, просеивать, изрешечивать

enträtseln, durchlöchern

To speak ambiguously or enigmaticallyTo speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

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/ˈɹɪdəl/

» Let's try to solve the riddle.

Lass uns versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen.

Lasst uns versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen.

Lassen Sie uns versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen.

Давайте попробуем отгадать загадку.

Спробуймо розгадати загадку.

Meaning

6 senses

(intransitive)To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
speak in riddles
(transitive)To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
Riddle me this.
enträtseln
разга́дыватьrazgádyvatʹ, разгада́тьrazgadátʹ
explain a riddle
To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.
You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.
просеиватьproseivatʹ
To fill with holes like a riddle.
The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets.
durchlöchern
изрешечиватьizrešečivatʹ
pierce with many holes
(figuratively)To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening).
Your argument is riddled with errors.
заполонятьzapolonjatʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To plait.

Examples

109 sentences

Let's try to solve the riddle.
Спробуймо розгадати загадку. — deniko
ruДавайте попробуем отгадать загадку. — sharptoothed
deLass uns versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen. — Tamy
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Can you answer this riddle?
Ти можеш розгадати цю загадку? — fagott
ruВы знаете, как решить эту загадку? — odexed
deKannst du dieses Rätsel lösen? — Esperantostern
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Tom often speaks in riddles.
Том часто говорить загадками. — miketheknight
ruТом часто говорит загадками. — marafon
deTom spricht oft in Rätseln. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I've never been good at riddles.
ruЯ никогда не был силён в разгадывании загадок. — marafon
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I thought that Tom liked riddles.
ruЯ думал, Том любит загадки. — marafon
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question:

to put something through a riddle or sieve:

to fill with holes like a riddle:

to fill or spread throughout; to pervade:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question:

to fill with holes like a riddle:

Origin

From Middle English redel, redels, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse (“counsel, opinion, im

From Middle English redel, redels, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse (“counsel, opinion, imagination, riddle”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādislī (“counsel, conjecture”). Analyzable as rede (“advice”) + -le. Akin to Old English rǣdan (“to read, advise, interpret”). Cognate with Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel.

From Middle English riddil, ridelle (“sieve”), from Old English hriddel (“sieve”), alteration of earlier hridder, hrīder, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrid- (“to shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-. Akin to German Reiter (“sieve”), Old Norse hreinn (“pure, clean”), Old High German hreini (“pure, clean”), Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hrains, “clean, pure”). More at rinse.

From Middle English ridlen, from the noun (see above).

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