beco sem saída

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Literally, “alley without exit”. === Noun === beco sem saída m (plural becos sem saída) dead end (a path that goes nowhere) Synonym: rua sem saída dead-end (the end of a road) (figurative) stalemate (blocked situation without personal loss) Synonym: impasse === Further reading === “beco sem saída”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026