difícil
See also: dificil
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Adjective
difícil
- difficult (hard, not easy)
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difícils)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “difícil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Adjective
difícil m or f (plural difíciles)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “difícil”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
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)
- 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.
- Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:difícil.
Derived terms
Further reading
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)
- 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
Derived terms
- parte difícil (“hard part, tricky part”)
Related terms
- difícilmente (adverb)
- dificultad f
- dificultar
Further reading
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