dificuldade
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Etymology edit
From Latin difficultātem (“difficulty”), from difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”), from facilis (“easy”), from faciō (“to do, to make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).
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Noun edit
dificuldade f (plural dificuldades)
- (uncountable) difficulty (state of being difficult)
- Antonym: facilidade
- a difficult situation
- Synonyms: obstáculo, impedimento, estorvo