predicament

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/prɪˈdɪkəmənt/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/prɪˈdɪkəmənt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pri dik′ə mənt for 1, 3; pred′i kə mənt for 2)


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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

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predicament n (difficult situation)apuro nm
  dilema nm
  aprieto nm
 The buyer backed out and now we're in a predicament.
 El comprador se echó atrás y ahora estamos en un apuro.
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'predicament' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
awkward situation - box - hole - up a tree
Spanish:
atolladero - compromiso - predicamento - lance - apretura - aprieto - apuro - brete - problemática

Collocations: a [similar, little, minor, huge, sticky, tricky] predicament, [an environmental, an economic, a social, a political] predicament, the predicament of [having, being, waiting], more...

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