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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSumpf
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Sumpf
"Die Verhandlungen gerieten in einen bürokratischen Sumpf."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A soft boggy area of land; a complex or hazardous situation.
"Fighters found themselves sinking into a muddy quagmire."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from quag + mire.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Quagmire" is said worldwide
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quagmire
Transliteration: quagmire
"Le projet s'est en lise dans un bourbier politique."
Sumpf
Transliteration: Sumpf
"Die Verhandlungen gerieten in einen bürokratischen Sumpf."
pantano
Transliteration: pantano
"Il governo è impantanato in un pantano economico."
ciénaga
Transliteration: ciénaga
"El ejército se vio atrapado en una ciénaga legal."
atoleiro
Transliteration: atoleiro
"Eles tentaram sair daquele atoleiro político."
दलदल
Transliteration: daldal
"वह आर्थिक दलदल में फंस गया था।"
泥潭
Transliteration: nítán
"经济陷入了深深的泥潭。"
수렁
Transliteration: sureong
"그들은 정치적 수렁에 빠져들었다."
沼地
Transliteration: numachi
"その計画は財政的な沼地にはまり込んだ。"
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