difícil
See also: dificil
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Adjective
difícil (epicene, plural difíciles)
- difficult (hard, not easy)
Related terms
- dificultá
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /diˈfi.sil/
Audio (file)
Adjective
difícil (masculine and feminine plural difícils)
- difficult
Antonyms
- fàcil
Derived terms
- difícilment
Related terms
- dificultar
- dificultat
Further reading
- “difícil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Adjective
difícil m or f (plural difíciles)
- difficult
Antonyms
- fácil
Derived terms
- dificilmente
Related terms
- dificultade
- dificultar
Further reading
- “difícil” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin difficilis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈfi.siw/ [d͡ʒiˈfi.siʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /diˈfi.sil/ [diˈfi.siɫ]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /di.ˈfi.siw/
- Hyphenation: di‧fí‧cil
Adjective
difícil m or f (plural difíceis)
- difficult, hard
- 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.
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:difícil.
Derived terms
- dificilmente
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
- 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
difícil (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
- fácil
Derived terms
- difícilmente (adverb)
- dificultad f
- dificultar
Further reading
- “difícil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014