difícil

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See also: dificil

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

Adjective

difícil

  1. difficult (hard, not easy)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difícils)

  1. difficult

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

Adjective

difícil m or f (plural difíciles)

  1. difficult

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "PT" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /di.ˈfi.siɫ/, /dɨ.ˈfi.siɫ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "BR" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dʒi.ˈfi.siw/, /dʒi.ˈfi.sju/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Northeast Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /di.ˈfi.siw/
  • Hyphenation: di‧fí‧cil

Adjective

difícil m or f (plural difíceis)

  1. difficult, hard
    • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya 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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:difícil.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /diˈfiθil/ [d̪iˈfi.θil]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /diˈfisil/ [d̪iˈfi.sil]
  • Hyphenation: di‧fí‧cil

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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Further reading

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