problema

See also: probléma, problēma, problēmā, and problemă

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

problema m (plural problemes)

1. problem

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

problema m (plural problemes)

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

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish problema (“problem”).

Noun

problema

1. problem

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Borrowing 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”).

Noun

problema m (plural problemi)

1. problem

Related terms

• problematica
• problematico
• problematizzare

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proˈbleː.ma/

Noun

problēma n (genitive problēmatis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	problēma	problēmata
genitive	problēmatis	problēmatum
dative	problēmatī	problēmatibus
accusative	problēma	problēmata
ablative	problēmate	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: {{l|ru|пробле́ма}
• Serbo-Croatian: pròblēm
• Spanish: problema
• Welsh: problem

References

• problema in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “problema” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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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

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.ˈble.mɐ/, /pɾo.ˈblẽ.mɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.ˈβle.mɐ/
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /pɾɔ.ˈblẽ.mɐ/

Noun

problema m (plural problemas)

1. problem (difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with)
2. problem (question to be answered)
3. (pathology) disorder (physical or psychical malfunction)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:problema.

Synonyms

• (question to be answered): exercício, questão

Derived terms

• probleminha (diminutive)
• problemão (augmentative)

Related terms

• problemática
• problematicamente
• problematicidade
• problemático
• problematização

• problematizado
• problematizador
• problematizar
• problemista
• problemizar

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈblema/, [pɾoˈβlema]

Noun

problema m (plural problemas)

1. problem

Related terms

• problemático

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish problema (“problem”).

Noun

problema

1. problem