Pitfall — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty

a trap in the form of a concealed hole

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɪtfɔːl/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɪtfɔːl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɪtfɔːl/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɪtfɔːl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pit booby trap

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Falle

eine unvorhergesehene oder unerwartete oder überraschende Schwierigkeit

🇫🇷French

piège

une difficulté imprévue ou inattendue ou surprenante

🇪🇸Spanish

trampa

una dificultad imprevista, inesperada o sorprendente

🇮🇹Italian

trappola

una difficoltà imprevista, inaspettata o sorprendente

🇳🇱Dutch

valkuil

een onvoorziene, onverwachte of verrassende moeilijkheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

armadilha

uma dificuldade imprevista, inesperada ou surpreendente

🇷🇺Russian

ловушка

непредвиденная, неожиданная или удивительная трудность

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ख़तरा

एक अप्रत्याशित या अप्रत्याशित या आश्चर्यजनक कठिनाई

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষতি

একটি অপ্রত্যাশিত বা অপ্রত্যাশিত বা আশ্চর্যজনক অসুবিধা

🇮🇳Tamil

பள்ளம்

எதிர்பாராத அல்லது எதிர்பாராத அல்லது ஆச்சரியமான சிரமம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆపద

ఊహించని లేదా ఊహించని లేదా ఆశ్చర్యకరమైన కష్టం

🇮🇳Marathi

खड्डा

एक अनपेक्षित किंवा अनपेक्षित किंवा आश्चर्यकारक अडचण

🇮🇳Gujarati

મુશ્કેલી

અણધારી અથવા અણધારી અથવા આશ્ચર્યજનક મુશ્કેલી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಪಾಯ

ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ ಅಥವಾ ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ ಅಥವಾ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯಕರ ತೊಂದರೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചതിക്കുഴി

അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമോ അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമോ ആശ്ചര്യകരമോ ആയ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਤਰਾ

ਇੱਕ ਅਣਕਿਆਸੀ ਜਾਂ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਜਾਂ ਹੈਰਾਨੀਜਨਕ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

نقصان

ایک غیر متوقع یا غیر متوقع یا حیران کن مشکل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

陷阱

不可预见的或意外的或令人惊讶的困难

🇯🇵Japanese

落とし穴

予期せぬ、予想外の、または驚くべき困難

🇰🇷Korean

함정

예상치 못한 또는 예상하지 못한 또는 놀라운 어려움

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cạm bẫy

một khó khăn không lường trước hoặc bất ngờ hoặc đáng ngạc nhiên

🇹🇭Thai

หลุมพราง

ความยากลำบากที่ไม่คาดคิดหรือไม่คาดคิดหรือน่าประหลาดใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

jebakan

kesulitan yang tidak terduga atau tidak terduga atau mengejutkan

🇵🇭Filipino

patibong

isang hindi inaasahan o hindi inaasahan o nakakagulat na kahirapan

🇲🇾Malay

perangkap

kesukaran yang tidak dijangka atau tidak dijangka atau mengejutkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شرك

صعوبة غير متوقعة أو غير متوقعة أو مفاجئة

🇮🇷Persian

دام

یک مشکل پیش بینی نشده یا غیرمنتظره یا غافلگیر کننده

🇹🇷Turkish

tuzak

öngörülemeyen veya beklenmeyen veya şaşırtıcı bir zorluk

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִכשׁוֹל

קושי בלתי צפוי או בלתי צפוי או מפתיע

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