problemático

See also: problematico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin problēmaticus, from Ancient Greek προβληματικός (problēmatikós), from πρόβλημα (próblēma, “outjutting, barrier, problem”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.bleˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.bleˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.bleˈma.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.blɨˈma.ti.ku/ [pɾu.βlɨˈma.ti.ku]

Adjective

problemático (feminine problemática, masculine plural problemáticos, feminine plural problemáticas, comparable, comparative mais problemático, superlative o mais problemático or problematicíssimo)

1. problematic, troublesome, burdensome

Related terms

• problema

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin problematicus, from Ancient Greek προβληματικός (problēmatikós), from πρόβλημα (próblēma, “outjutting, barrier, problem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾobleˈmatiko/ [pɾo.β̞leˈma.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -atiko
• Syllabification: pro‧ble‧má‧ti‧co

Adjective

problemático (feminine problemática, masculine plural problemáticos, feminine plural problemáticas)

1. problematic, problem, troublesome, troubled, problematical

   Synonym: prolijo

Derived terms

• problemática

 

Related terms

• problema

 

Further reading

• “problemático”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16