problema

See also: probléma, problēma, problēmā, and problemă

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma).

Noun

problema (plural problemata)

1. (formal) A problem set forth in the Ancient Greek scholarly tradition.

Quotations

• See Citations:problemata.

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Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek obstacle.

Noun

problema m

1. problem

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Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

Noun

problema m (plural problemes)

1. problem

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈble.mə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈble.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈble.ma/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

problema m (plural problemes)

1. problem (difficulty; obstacle)
2. problem (question; schoolwork exercise)

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma.

Etymology 1

From Spanish problema, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

Noun

problema

1. a problem; a difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with

Etymology 2

Short for problema ni mama or problema ni papa.

Noun

problema

1. (humorous, often offensive) the penetrating sex hand gesture, formed by making an OK sign with one hand and inserting another finger, usually the index finger, into the ring

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish problema (“problem”).

Noun

problema

1. problem

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

Noun

problema m (plural problemas)

1. problem

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈble.ma/

Noun

problema (plural problemas)

1. problem

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from prefix προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈblɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: pro‧blè‧ma

Noun

problema m (plural problemi)

1. problem
2. glitch, bug

Related terms

• problematica
• problematico
• problematizzare

 

Derived terms

• sottoproblema

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

Alternative forms

• problisma (late manuscripts)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈbleː.ma/, [prɔˈbɫ̪eːmä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈble.ma/, [prɔˈblɛːmä]

Noun

problēma n (genitive problēmatis); third declension

1. problem, puzzle, enigma, question proposed for solution

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	problēma	problēmata
Genitive	problēmatis	problēmatōrum problēmatum
Dative	problēmatī	problēmatīs problēmatibus
Accusative	problēma	problēmata
Ablative	problēmate	problēmatīs problēmatibus
Vocative	problēma	problēmata

Derived terms

• problēmaticus

Descendants

(all are borrowings)

• Albanian: problem
• Aromanian: prublemã
• Asturian: problema
• Catalan: problema
• Czech: problém
• Dutch: probleem
• English: problem
• Esperanto: problemo
• Estonian: probleem
• Finnish: probleemi
• French: problème
• Galician: problema
• Georgian: პრობლემა (ṗroblema)
• German: Problem
• Hungarian: probléma
• Interlingua: problema
• Italian: problema
• Latvian: problēma
• Lithuanian: problema
• Norwegian: problem
• Polish: problem
• Portuguese: problema
• Romanian: problemă
• Russian: пробле́ма (probléma)
• Serbo-Croatian: pròblēm
• Sicilian: prubbrema, prubblema
• Spanish: problema
• Welsh: problem

Further reading

• problema in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• problema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• problemene

Noun

problema n

1. definite plural of problem

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

problema n

1. definite plural of problem

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /pɾoˈblẽ.mɐ/, [pɾoˈblẽ.mɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /pɾuˈble.mɐ/, [pɾuˈβle.mɐ]

• (nonstandard) (eye dialect) IPA^(key): /poˈbrẽ.mɐ/, /puˈble.mɐ/
• IPA^(key): (Nordestino) /pɾɔˈblẽ.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

Noun

problema m (plural problemas)

1. problem (difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with)
2. problem (question to be answered)

   Synonyms: exercício, questão

3. (pathology) disorder (physical or psychical malfunction)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:problema.

Derived terms

• problemão (augmentative)
• probleminha (diminutive)

 

Related terms

• problemática
• problematicamente
• problematicidade
• problemático
• problematização
• problematizado
• problematizador
• problematizar
• problemista
• problemizar

 

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Romanian

Noun

problema

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of problemă

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈblema/, [pɾoˈβ̞le.ma]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

Noun

problema m (plural problemas)

1. problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)
2. trouble (singular or plural)
3. question, dilemma, conundrum
4. condition (illness)

Hyponyms

• problema técnico (“glitch”)

Derived terms

• aproblemar (verb)
• planteamiento del problema
• problemilla m (diminutive)
• problemita m (diminutive)
• resolución de problemas (“problem-solving”)

 

Related terms

• problemático

Descendants

• → Cebuano: problema
• → Chavacano: problema
• → Tagalog: problema

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish problema (“problem”).

Noun

problema

1. problem