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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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