difícil

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See also: dificil

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈfiθil/,
  • Hyphenation: di‧fí‧cil

Adjective

difícil (epicene, plural difíciles)

  1. difficult (hard, not easy)
    Antonym: facil

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difícils)

  1. difficult
    Antonym: fàcil

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /diˈfiθil/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /diˈfisil/

 

  • Hyphenation: di‧fí‧cil

Adjective

difícil m or f (plural difíciles)
difícil m or f (plural difíceis, reintegrationist norm)

  1. difficult
    Antonym: fácil

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

difícil m or f (plural difíceis)

  1. difficult, hard
    Antonym: fácil
    • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:
      Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.
      It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.

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Further reading

  • “difícil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile.

Pronunciation

Adjective

difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difíciles, superlative dificilísimo)

  1. difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing
  2. unlikely (i.e. improbable)
  3. awkward (e.g. situation or position)
  4. (figurative) rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)

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