difícil
See also: dificil
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Adjective edit
difícil (epicene, plural difíciles)
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difícils)
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- “difícil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Adjective edit
difícil m or f (plural difíciles)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “difícil” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
difícil m or f (plural difíceis)
- 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.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:difícil.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “difícil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /diˈfiθil/ [d̪iˈfi.θil]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /diˈfisil/ [d̪iˈfi.sil]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -iθil
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -isil
- Syllabification: di‧fí‧cil
Adjective edit
difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difíciles, superlative dificilísimo)
- difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing
- unlikely (i.e. improbable)
- awkward (e.g. situation or position)
- (figurative) rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- difícilmente (adverb)
- dificultad f
- dificultar
Further reading edit
- “difícil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014