Leguía (en. League)

/leˈɣi.a/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Confusion or disorientation in which a person finds themselves.

After hearing the news, he fell into an emotional leguía.

Después de escuchar la noticia, cayó en una leguía emocional.

A complicated situation that is difficult to understand.

The leguía that the protagonists of the movie got into was surprising.

La leguía en la que se metieron los protagonistas de la película fue sorprendente.

The word 'leguía' comes from the Latin term 'liquida', related to the idea of something that flows or blurs.

to get out of the leguía

To manage to clarify a confusing situation.

salir de la leguía

to be in a leguía

To be in a confusing situation or one that is not well understood.

estar en leguía

to fall into a leguía

To enter a state of confusion or disorientation.

caer en leguía

confusion

A state in which a person cannot clearly understand something.

confusión

ambiguity

The quality of being imprecise or having multiple interpretations.

ambigüedad

To be lost in a complicated topic.

I don’t understand anything about this matter; I’m in total leguía.

No entiendo nada de este asunto, estoy en leguía total.

To act in a disorganized manner.

Today at work, everything was a leguía; no one knew what to do.

Hoy en el trabajo, todo fue una leguía, nadie sabía qué hacer.