barajar
to shuffle
verb bah-rah-HAHR Rare
Origin: From baraja (deck of cards) + '-ar'.
Also means
to consider (options)
Usage Note
Barajar literally means to shuffle a deck of cards, but in everyday Spanish it very commonly means to consider or weigh up a set of options: se barajan varias hipótesis (several hypotheses are being considered). This figurative sense appears constantly in journalism and political discourse. The origin of baraja is uncertain, though often traced to Hispanic Arabic.
Examples
"Se barajan varias opciones para resolver el conflicto."
Natural Translation
Several options are being considered to resolve the conflict.
Literal Translation
Several options are-being-shuffled to resolve the conflict.
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