difícil

See also: dificil

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈfiθil/ [d̪iˈfi.θil]
  • Rhymes: -iθil
  • Syllabification: di‧fí‧cil

Adjective

difícil (epicene, plural difíciles)

  1. difficult (hard, not easy)
    Antonym: fácil

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [diˈfi.sil]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difícils)

  1. difficult
    Antonym: fàcil

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /diˈfiθil/ [d̪iˈfi.θiɫ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /diˈfisil/ [d̪iˈfi.siɫ]

 
  • Rhymes: -iθil
  • Rhymes: -isil

  • Hyphenation: di‧fí‧cil

Adjective

difícil m or f (plural difíciles)
difícil m or f (plural difíceis, reintegrationist norm)

  1. difficult
    Antonym: fácil

Derived terms

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈfi.siw/ [d͡ʒiˈfi.siʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /diˈfi.sil/ [diˈfi.siɫ], /dɨˈfi.sil/ [dɨˈfi.siɫ]

Adjective

difícil m or f (plural difíceis)

  1. difficult, hard
    Antonym: fácil
    • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia 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.
    • 2012, Manoel Indalercio Silva, Superpopulação, um Super Problema, Editora Baraúna, →ISBN, page 395:
      Essa história de “amigos certos para as horas incertas”, além de pai, mãe, filhos e irmãos, é muito difícil de acontecer. Até mesmo os parentes mais próximos não ajudam os necessitados muitas vezes.
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Derived terms

Further reading

  • difícil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile.

Pronunciation

Adjective

difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difíciles, superlative dificilísimo)

  1. difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing
  2. unlikely (i.e. improbable)
  3. awkward (e.g. situation or position)
  4. (figurative) rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)

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