dificultad
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin difficultātem. Cognate with English difficulty.
Noun edit
dificultad f (plural dificultades)
- difficulty, trouble, problem, challenge, constraint, strenuousness, arduousness
- awkwardness
- (in the plural) hardship, challenge, plight, distress
Antonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- dificultad para respirar (“shortness of breath, labored breathing”)
Derived terms edit
- en dificultades (“in distress”)
- sin dificultades (“smooth; smoothly”)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
dificultad
Further reading edit
- “dificultad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014