ciénaga
- noun
- Literature
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ciénaga
- Trying to fix the outdated system became a bureaucratic ciénaga for the new director.
Examples
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The company found itself in a financial ciénaga after years of poor management.
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After the scandal, the government was trapped in a ciénaga of accusations and slow investigations.
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He found himself in a ciénaga of lies.
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The company was stuck in a ciénaga of bureaucracy.
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After the scandal, the government was trapped in a ciénaga of accusations and slow investigations.
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The company found itself in a financial ciénaga after years of poor management.
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Trying to fix the outdated system became a bureaucratic ciénaga for the new director.
Synonyms
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7.9
A difficult situation that is hard to escape or solve
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7.0
A difficult, confusing situation that is hard to get out of
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9.3
A confusing situation full of problems that is hard to get out of
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8.1
A difficult situation that is hard to escape
A confusing, tangled situation that is hard to get out of
A difficult problem with no easy solution
Antonyms
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ciénaga also means a difficult or corrupt situation and it comes from the same Latin root caenum meaning 'mud'. A helpful way to remember this use is to imagine being stuck in mud, slow and hard to escape.