English-Spanish translations for boggle

Definition of boggle

• Either literally or figuratively to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle
• To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused
• To confuse or mystify; overwhelm
• To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate;SOED 1967 to bungle or botch. Webster 1913--
• A scruple or objection

Examples

• The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast
• The horror of the deed and its consequences boggle the imagination
• He boggled at the surprising news
• The mind boggles
• The vastness of space really boggles the mind
• The oddities of quantum mechanics can boggle the minds of students and experienced physicists alike

Related words

• toboggan
• mind-boggling
• boggy
• tobogganing
• tobogganer
• tobogganist
• boggish
• emboggment
• toboggan slide