What does gáta in Icelandic mean?
What is the meaning of the word gáta in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use gáta in Icelandic.
The word gáta in Icelandic means riddle, puzzle, check. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word gáta
riddlenoun (puzzle) Ūađ var eins og gáta. It was like a riddle. |
puzzlenoun Til hamingju, herrar mínir, mjög afvegaleiđandi og skemmtileg gáta leyst á tveimur mínútum. Congratulations, gentlemen, a very diverting and amusing puzzle solved in two minutes. |
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Minni mannsins er enn óráðin gáta. Human memory is still a mystery. |
„Það er óráðin gáta hvert þessi þjóð fór, ef hún þá fór burt, við lok þessa tímabils,“ segir hann í bók sinni Abraham in History and Tradition. “One unsolved problem is where these people went, if anywhere, at the end of the period,” he states in his book Abraham in History and Tradition. |
Og Bilbó varð líka að viðurkenna að síðasta spurningin hafði ekki verið ósvikin gáta samkvæmt hinum fornu lögum. And after all that last question had not been a genuine riddle according to the ancient laws. |
Þetta er gáta! It's a puzzle! |
„Ég breytist úr grænu í svart, síðan er ég sett í pressu og að lokum verð ég að skínandi gulli.“ — Gömul spænsk gáta. “From green I changed to black, then they carefully crushed me, and into fine gold they finally transformed me.” —A traditional Spanish riddle. |
Til hamingju, herrar mínir, mjög afvegaleiđandi og skemmtileg gáta leyst á tveimur mínútum. Congratulations, gentlemen, a very diverting and amusing puzzle solved in two minutes. |
Ūađ var eins og gáta. It was like a riddle. |
* Hin mikla gáta frá Jehóva náði hér hámarki í þríþættum orðaleik. This word capped off Jehovah’s great riddle with a threefold play on words. |
Samband sjónar og viðbragða er mönnum óráðin gáta. The relationship between vision and reaction remains a puzzle. |
Hvað flýgur vængjalaust, slær handalaust og sér augnalaust? — Gáta frá miðöldum um snjóflóð. What flies without wings, hits without hands, and sees without eyes? —A riddle about white dragons told since the Middle Ages. |
En ein gáta er enn óleyst: Hvaða not hefur jurtin sjálf af þessum óvenjulegu efnum? But there is one puzzle still to be solved: Of what use are many of these extraordinary chemicals to the plants themselves? |
En þetta var afgömul gáta og Gollrir vissi svarið fyrirfram eins og allir gera. It was rather an old one, too, and Gollum knew the answer as well as you do. |
Eiginleikar • Crossword eða grind, grind eða crossword ráðgáta er eitt útbreiddasta og vinsælasta orð-gáta gerðum. • Crossword or lattice, a grid or a crossword puzzle is one of the most widespread and the most popular word-riddle types. |
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