difícil
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See also: dificil
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Adjective[edit]
difícil (epicene, plural difíciles)
Related terms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difícils)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “difícil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Adjective[edit]
difícil m or f (plural difíciles)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “difícil” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
difícil m or f (plural difíceis)
- 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.
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:difícil.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “difícil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /diˈfiθil/ [d̪iˈfi.θil]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /diˈfisil/ [d̪iˈfi.sil]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -iθil
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -isil
- Syllabification: di‧fí‧cil
Adjective[edit]
difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difíciles, superlative dificilísimo)
- difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing
- unlikely (i.e. improbable)
- awkward (e.g. situation or position)
- (figurative) rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- difícilmente (adverb)
- dificultad f
- dificultar
Further reading[edit]
- “difícil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iθil
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