"dilemma" meaning in Inglês

See dilemma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /daɪˈlɛmə/ ou /dɪˈlɛmə/, /daI"lEm@/ ou /dI"lEm@/
  1. dilema
    Sense id: pt-dilemma-en-noun-OFN3kolf
  2. embaraço, situação embaraçosa, aperto
    Sense id: pt-dilemma-en-noun-RbHuJSlD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bind, fix, pickle, problem, quandary
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    "Atestada pela primeira vez na língua inglesa em 1523, do latim tardio dilemma e este do grego antigo δίλήμμα (dilémma), sendo este composto de δι (di) + λήμμα (lémma) (premissa, proposição)."
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