Hace poco el comunismo, un Jericó moderno, parecía ser un castillo impenetrable que amenazaba el progreso cristiano, pero 75 años después de repente colapsó.

Not long ago Communism, a modern Jericho, seemed an impregnable fortress threatening Christian advance, but 75 years later it suddenly collapsed.

impenetrable(also: hermética, hermético, inescrutable, cariparejo)

inscrutable {adj.}

impenetrable {adjective}

impenetrable

inky {adj.} [poet.] (darkness)

impenetrable(also: poco claro)

opaque {adj.} [form.] (unintelligible)

impenetrable(also: incomprensible, insondable, indescifrable)

unfathomable {adj.}

impenetrable {adjective}

impenetrable(also: impregnable, inscrutable)

impenetrable {adj. m/f}

Outsiders find European regulations a great and impenetrable mystery.

Desde fuera, los reglamentos europeos parecen un gran e impenetrable misterio.

The Commission programme makes fortress Europe even more impenetrable.

El programa de la Comisión hace aún más impenetrable el fuerte de Europa.

The procedure for accessing European money is fairly complicated and impenetrable.

El procedimiento para acceder al dinero europeo es bastante complicado e impenetrable.

impenetrable(also: dense)

fragoso {adj.} (bosque, selva)

impenetrable

inextricable {adj.} (bosque, maleza)

impenetrable(also: mysterious, intriguing, shadowy, whimsical)

enigmático {adj.}

impenetrable(also: mystifying)

inescrutable {adj.}

impenetrable(also: unintelligible, unaccountable)

incomprensible {adj.}

My action here does not imply a softening of my attitude to the EU and its impenetrable, inflexible and unaccountable structure.

Mi intervención a este respecto no significa que esté suavizando mi actitud frente a la UE y a su inaccesible, inflexible e incomprensible estructura.

At the moment, Community law is an impenetrable jungle, absolutely incomprehensible to the citizens of the Community, including those whose profession involves the exercise of the law.

En este momento, el Derecho comunitario es una selva impenetrable, absolutamente incomprensible para los ciudadanos comunitarios, incluyendo los que tienen como profesión el ejercicio del Derecho.

impenetrable(also: recondite)

abstruso {adj.}

impenetrable(also: incorrigible, incurable, hopeless, intractable)

incorregible {adj.}

penetrable {adjective}

penetrable

penetrable {adj. m/f}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "impenetrable":

impenetrable

abstruso- casto- desconocido- doncella- inaccesible- incomprensible- indescifrable- inexplorado- ininteligible- inmaculado- insondable- recóndito- virgen- virginal

Synonyms (English) for "impenetrable":

impenetrable

dense- heavy

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "impenetrable" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

Esto implica un mercado impenetrable y una desigualdad de trato para los licitadores.

It means a nontransparent market and unequal treatment of suppliers.

Con este fin, se hace necesaria una decisión marco impenetrable, específica y protectora, y un sistema de control.

To that end we need a watertight, specific, protective Framework Decision and a control system.

Del paralelo 38 cuelga un «telón de acero» más impenetrable de lo que nunca lo fue el muro de Berlín.

On the 38th parallel there hangs an 'iron curtain' that is more hermetically sealed than the Berlin Wall ever was.

Del paralelo 38 cuelga un« telón de acero» más impenetrable de lo que nunca lo fue el muro de Berlín.

On the 38th parallel there hangs an 'iron curtain ' that is more hermetically sealed than the Berlin Wall ever was.

Lo contrario también es verdad: una administración cerrada e impenetrable tiende a alimentar un mayor grado de corrupción.

The opposite is also true: a closed and secretive administration tends to foster a higher level of corruption.

lo impenetrable de su prosa

the murkiness of his prose

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