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En inglés sencillo: To manage to read or understand writing that is difficult to make out.

• I can’t decipher your handwriting.
• She deciphered the faded words on the postcard.
• Can anyone decipher this signature?

Sinónimos: make out, read

Expresiones frecuentes: decipher someone’s handwriting, decipher a note, hard to decipher

descifrar

Descubrir el mensaje original oculto mediante un código secreto.

En inglés sencillo: To work out the ordinary words hidden in a secret code.

• They deciphered the secret message.
• Can you decipher this code without the key?
• Experts are trying to decipher the intercepted signals.

Sinónimos: decode, decrypt

Antónimos: encode, encrypt

Expresiones frecuentes: decipher a code, decipher a message, decipher secret writing

resolver, descifrar

Encontrar la solución a un problema difícil.

En inglés sencillo: To work out the answer to a difficult problem.

• We finally deciphered the puzzle.
• She tried to decipher the mystery behind the missing files.
• Can you decipher this logic problem?

Sinónimos: solve, figure out, unravel

Expresiones frecuentes: decipher a puzzle, decipher a mystery, decipher the problem