riddle

riddle
I ['rɪdl]
nome indovinello m., enigma m. (anche fig.)
II ['rɪdl]
nome vaglio m., crivello m., setaccio m.
III ['rɪdl]
verbo transitivo
1) (perforate)

to riddle sth. with — crivellare qcs. di [bullets]

2) (undermine)

to be riddled with — essere minato o roso da [disease]; essere tormentato da [guilt]; [language] pullulare o essere pieno di [ambiguities, errors]

it's riddled with corruption — è infestato dalla corruzione

3) (sieve) passare al crivello, setacciare [soil]
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I ['ridl] noun
(a puzzle usually in the form of a question, which describes an object, person etc in a mysterious or misleading way: Can you guess the answer to this riddle?; The answer to the riddle `What flies for ever, and never rests?' is `The wind'.)
II ['ridl] verb
(to make (something) full of holes: They riddled the car with bullets.)
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riddle (1) /ˈrɪdl/
n.
1 indovinello: to solve a riddle, risolvere un indovinello
2 enigma: the riddle of the universe, l'enigma dell'universo; to talk (o speak) in riddles, parlare per enigmi.
riddle (2) /ˈrɪdl/
n.
(ind. min., metall.) crivello; setaccio; vaglio.
(to) riddle (1) /ˈrɪdl/
A v. i. (arc.)
1 parlare per enigmi (o in modo enigmatico)
2 proporre indovinelli
B v. t.
risolvere (un enigma, un indovinello)
Riddle me this, risolvi questo indovinello! (cfr. ital. fam. «indovina indovinello»)
riddler
n.
chi fa indovinelli; chi parla per enigmi.
(to) riddle (2) /ˈrɪdl/
v. t.
1 crivellare: They riddled his car with bullets, gli hanno crivellato l'automobile di pallottole
2 passare al crivello; setacciare (anche fig.): to riddle the soil, passare il terriccio al crivello
riddled with, pieno di: riddled with holes, pieno di buchi; a text riddled with errors, un testo pieno di errori.
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I ['rɪdl]
nome indovinello m., enigma m. (anche fig.)
II ['rɪdl]
nome vaglio m., crivello m., setaccio m.
III ['rɪdl]
verbo transitivo
1) (perforate)

to riddle sth. with — crivellare qcs. di [bullets]

2) (undermine)

to be riddled with — essere minato o roso da [disease]; essere tormentato da [guilt]; [language] pullulare o essere pieno di [ambiguities, errors]

it's riddled with corruption — è infestato dalla corruzione

3) (sieve) passare al crivello, setacciare [soil]

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