WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations |
| riddled with [sth] adj + prep | (full of: holes, bullets) (balas) | acribillado a adj + prep |
| | (general) | agujereado con adj + prep |
| | The gangster's corpse was riddled with bullet holes. |
| | El cuerpo del mafioso estaba acribillado a balazos. |
| riddled with [sth] adj + prep | figurative (full of: errors, etc.) | lleno de adj + prep |
| | | plagado de adj + prep |
| | The company is riddled with incompetent employees. |
| | La compañía está llena de empleados incompetentes. |
| -riddled adj | suffix (full: of holes, bullets) | acribillado adj |
| | After the shootout, the bullet-riddled car was surrounded by dead bodies. |
| | Después del tiroteo, el auto acribillado estaba rodeado de cadáveres. |
| -riddled adj | suffix, figurative (full: of errors, etc.) | lleno/a adj |
| | | plagado/a adj |
| | The producer rejected the typo-riddled manuscript. |
| | El productor rechazó el manuscrito lleno de errores. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations |
| riddle n | (conundrum: type of joke) (graciosa, chiste) | adivinanza nf |
| | | acertijo nm |
| | John and Matthew whiled away the evening asking each other riddles. |
| | John y Matthew perdieron la tarde haciéndose adivinanzas el uno al otro. |
| riddle n | figurative (mystery) | acertijo nm |
| | | misterio nm |
| | | enigma nm |
| | Natasha thought she would never solve the riddle of what had happened that night. |
| | Natasha creía que nunca iba a resolver el acertijo sobre qué había pasado esa noche. |
| riddle n | ([sb/sth] perplexing) | acertijo nm |
| | | adivinanza nf |
| | | incógnita nf |
| | Linda was a riddle; Mark couldn't work her out. |
| | Linda era un acertijo, Mark no podía entenderla. |
| riddle [sth] with [sth] vtr + prep | often passive (fill: with holes, bullets) | acribillar de vtr + prep |
| | | llenar de vtr + prep |
| | The police riddled Bonnie and Clyde's car with bullets. |
| | La policía acribilló de balas el coche de Bonnie y Clyde. |
| riddle [sth] with [sth] vtr + prep | figurative, often passive (fill: with errors, etc.) | llenar de vtr + prep |
| | | plagar de vtr + prep |
| | The student's essay was riddled with spelling errors. |
| | El ensayo del estudiante estaba lleno de errores de ortografía. |
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