Como dizer "o X da questão" em inglês

woow, awesome post Jerry! I know a song that has this exact title ( The Heart Of The Matter) and I never knew its meaning until now. The song is from Antoine Dufour by the way.

Thanks a lot man!

Thanks Eugenio,

there are more meanings to this frase

a causa de um problema
a solução de um problema
o ponto principal de uma discursão
o X da questão
etc...

and more forms to say it.

the crucial point of the question
basic meaning of something
the most important point

see you!!!

Great! Here's also some other ways:

The main point
The main idea

The key point
The key idea

A quite common term...

MERRIAM-WEBSTER


C R U X

1 a : a puzzling, confusing, or difficult problem : an unsolved question <a scholarly crux about the meaning of a line in Shakespeare> b : a determinative point at issue : a pivotal or essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome <the crux of the problem>
2 : a main or central feature (as of an argument or plan) <he discarded all but the essential cruxes of his argument -- Carl Van Doren>

One more option:

Kernel

''This is the kernel of the argument.'' (Essa é a parte mais importante do argumento)
Oxford's

Hello,

Suggestion:

the crux of the matter.

that's it!