dificultad

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /difikulˈtad/ [d̪i.fi.kul̪ˈt̪að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: di‧fi‧cul‧tad

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin difficultātem. Cognate with English difficulty.

Noun

dificultad f (plural dificultades)

1. difficulty, trouble, problem, challenge, constraint, strenuousness, arduousness
2. awkwardness
3. (in the plural) hardship, challenge, plight, distress

Antonyms

• facilidad

Hyponyms

• dificultad para respirar (“shortness of breath, labored breathing”)

Derived terms

• en dificultades (“in distress”)
• sin dificultades (“smooth; smoothly”)

 

Related terms

• difícil

 

Etymology 2

Verb

dificultad

1. second-person plural imperative of dificultar

Further reading

• “dificultad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014