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Borrowed from Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).
dilema m (plural dilemes)
- “dilema”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “dilema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “dilema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dilema”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
- IPA(key): [ˈdɪlɛma]
- Rhymes: -ɛma
- Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma
dilema n
dilema m (plural dilemas)
- dilemma (circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives)
- (loosely) dilemma (difficult circumstance)
- (logic) dilemma
- “dilema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “dilema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- IPA(key): /dilěːma/
- Hyphenation: di‧le‧ma
diléma f (Cyrillic spelling диле́ма)
From Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
dilema m (plural dilemas)
- dilemma, quandary
Synonym: disyuntiva
“dilema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025