labyrinth

laberinto

Conjunto complicado de caminos o pasillos donde cuesta encontrar la salida o la ruta correcta.

En inglés sencillo: A complicated set of paths or passages in which it is hard to find your way.

• We got lost in the labyrinth.
• The labyrinth has only one exit.
• They built a labyrinth from tall hedges.

Cómo se usa: labyrinth of something (We explored a labyrinth of underground passages.)

Sinónimos: maze

Expresiones frecuentes: underground labyrinth, labyrinth of tunnels, enter the labyrinth

laberinto

Lugar con tantos giros y rutas que resulta difícil orientarse.

En inglés sencillo: A place with so many turns and routes that finding your way is difficult.

• The hospital is a labyrinth.
• We wandered through the city’s labyrinth of streets.
• Finding her office in that labyrinth took an hour.

Cómo se usa: labyrinth of something (Their offices form a labyrinth of narrow corridors.)

Sinónimos: maze

Expresiones frecuentes: urban labyrinth, labyrinth of streets, office labyrinth