What is an Enigmadora???

Question

what the heck is an enigmadora? or enigma? argggggghhhhhhhhh

"What"... Please use a capital to begin your sentence. - rac1, Sep 29, 2014

Haha, where did you hear it from, I have not heard such a word ever, are you sure though that you are reading it correctly ? - 00b055e0, Sep 29, 2014

Answer 1

I'm going to agree with DualG. The word Enigmadora does not appear to exist. You can find the definition of an Enigma in any dictionary.

I would advise not using the word

argggggghhhhhhhhh

when asking or answering questions.

Ahhh, of course, Hca lol :) - FELIZ77, Oct 2, 2014

:) - 00ffada9, Oct 2, 2014

Answer 2

I'm sure it's not true that Spanish-speakers don't invent words, otherwise there, er, wouldn't be any Spanish words. I'm pretty sure it was Spanish-speakers who invented Spanish

Well there would be because a whole bunch of them are Latin. - ian-hill, Sep 29, 2014

Word evolution, and word borrowing happen for sure. Neologisms without a doubt happen as well. I was only trying to say that I have heard from very knowledgeable native Spanish speakers that they do not have the same tendency to just make up a new word - bosquederoble, Sep 29, 2014

and have everyone go with it without challenging it. As evidenced by Dual G's reaction- it is not a word. period. Even though I am sure it can be understood. It could be that I am wrong, it is just what I have heard. - bosquederoble, Sep 29, 2014

Maybe it only seems that way because we smash our words together into one word, and in Spanish they tend to string words together with de, leaving the words intact and covering the concept with a phrase. - bosquederoble, Sep 29, 2014

Spanish-speakers are Latin-speakers, Iain ;-) - Faldaesque, Sep 29, 2014

Under that definition, so are Romanians, Italians, Portuguese, and French. I think the languages have evolved to where they can be considered distinct languages, even though there is some degree of mutual intelligibility between them. - bosquederoble, Sep 29, 2014

Answer 3

Context? Could it be "animadora"?

Enigma is the same as the English word. "Enigmadora" does not exist.

:) - FELIZ77, Oct 2, 2014

Answer 4

In Spanish, unlike English where we invent words freely, there is a strong tendency not to just make up words. For instance most Spanish speakers would tell you “Sinsajo” is meaningless gibberish, even though I read a book by that title (the English version being Mockingjay). None the less occasionally someone might try as this person, who crafted “Enigmador” for “Riddler” (Enigmadora would be a logical choice for the female version) in order to more elegantly translate song lyrics. But they did note their thought process and that it was not a real word:

http://nwinspanish.mex.tl/555673_Sin-Corona.html?mail=1

Sin corona de nuevo estará la reina

El trofeo sobre su tumba aún permanece oculto[NB2]

Una barca en el río confesando los pecados

El Enigmador[NB3] revelando las cosas profundamente escondidas Sin corona de nuevo estará el rey

Una gaviota cubierta con aceite con un ala rota

Un autostopista en un camino, solo y perdido

El hierro afila el hierro - una verdad que una vez fue tal

but

[NB3]La palabra ‘riddler’ no existe- en inglés referida a personas. Ya he comentado en otra canción que Holopainen crea de vez en cuando palabras para referirse a conceptos propios. Eso sí, sigue las reglas inglesas de formación de palabras: en este caso N + er para referirse a la persona que realiza enigmas en este caso. Yo he seguido el mismo proceso y a partir de la palabra ‘enigma’ he construido el nombre ‘Enigmador’.

Answer 5

An enigmatic person