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problema

See also: probléma, problēma, problēmā, and problemă

English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəˈblɛmə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəˈblɛmə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmə
  • Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

Noun

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problema (plural problemata)

  1. (formal) A problem set forth in the Ancient Greek scholarly tradition.

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈblema/
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: pro‧ble‧ma

Noun

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problema m (plural problemas)

  1. problem

Asturian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈblema/, [pɾoˈβ̞le.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

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problema m (plural problemes)

  1. problem

Catalan

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Etymology

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

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problema m (plural problemes)

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

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

Etymology 1

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From Spanish problema, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

Noun

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problema

  1. a problem; a difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with

Etymology 2

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Short for problema ni mama or problema ni papa.

Noun

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problema

  1. (humorous, often offensive) the penetrating sex hand gesture, formed by making an OK sign with one hand and inserting another finger, usually the index finger, into the ring

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish problema (“problem”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈblema/, [pɾoˈble.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

Noun

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problema (plural problemas)

  1. problem

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From problemo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [proˈblema]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

Adjective

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problema

  1. problematic; appearing like, or related to, a problem

Galician

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Etymology

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

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problema m (plural problemas)

  1. problem

Interlingua

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problema (plural problemas)

  1. problem

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed 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”).

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  • IPA(key): /proˈblɛ.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Hyphenation: pro‧blè‧ma

Noun

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problema m (plural problemi)

  1. problem
  2. glitch, bug

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Latin

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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problēma n (genitive problēmatis); third declension

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

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative problēma problēmata
Genitive problēmatis problēmatōrum
problēmatum
Dative problēmatī problēmatīs
problēmatibus
Accusative problēma problēmata
Ablative problēmate problēmatīs
problēmatibus
Vocative problēma problēmata

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • “problema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • problema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • problema in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma). Influenced by other European languages.

Noun

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problemà f (plural problèmos) stress pattern 2

  1. problem

Declension

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Declension of problemà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) problemà problèmos
genitive (kilmininkas) problèmos problèmų
dative (naudininkas) problèmai problèmoms
accusative (galininkas) problèmą problemàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) problemà problèmomis
locative (vietininkas) problèmoje problèmose
vocative (šauksmininkas) problèma problèmos
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Further reading

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  • “problema”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “problema”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian problema.

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problema m or f (plural problemi)

  1. problem

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  • May be masculine like the Italian etymon, but mostly construed as feminine.
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Norwegian Bokmål

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problema n

  1. definite plural of problem

Norwegian Nynorsk

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problema n

  1. definite plural of problem

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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problema m (plural problemas)

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

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:problema.

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Romanian

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Noun

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problema

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of problemă

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾoˈblema/ [pɾoˈβ̞le.ma]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: pro‧ble‧ma

Noun

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problema m (plural problemas)

  1. problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)
  2. trouble (singular or plural)
  3. question, dilemma, conundrum
    Synonym: dilema
  4. condition (illness)
    Synonym: condición

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish problema (“problem; trouble”), from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

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problema (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ)

  1. problem; trouble
    Synonyms: suliranin, kuwestiyon, bagahe, sigalot

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Further reading

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  • “problema”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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