interrogante
question mark; unanswered question
noun een-teh-rroh-GAHN-teh Rare
Also means
questioner; interrogator
Usage Note
Interrogante can be masculine or feminine depending on sense: el interrogante usually means an open question or unknown ('quedan muchos interrogantes' = many questions remain unanswered), while la interrogante can mean the question mark punctuation. The common-gender use is frequent in journalism and academic prose. Do not confuse with interrogatorio ('interrogation' in a police or legal sense).
Examples
"El futuro del proyecto sigue siendo un interrogante."
Natural Translation
The future of the project remains an open question.
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