tricky

English

Etymology

From trick +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɹɪki/
Audio (US) (file)

Rhymes: -ɪki

Adjective

tricky (comparative trickier, superlative trickiest)

hard to deal with, complicated
They were in a tricky situation.
- 2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian‎:
  It was as comfortable an afternoon as Arsène Wenger could have wished for in a situation that can be tricky in between internationals and the upcoming Champions League.
adept at using deception
A tricky salesman can sell anything.
(colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick
I don't want any of your tricky money, thank you!

Related terms

trick

Translations

hard to deal with

Armenian: նենգոտ (hy) (nengot)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 麻烦 (zh) (máfan)
Dutch: netelig (nl), netelige (nl)
Estonian: keeruline (et), täbar
Finnish: hankala (fi), tukala (fi)
French: épineux (fr), compliqué (fr), complexe (fr), délicat (fr)
German: schwierig (de), heikel (de)
Greek: περίπλοκος (el) (períplokos), μπερδεμένος (el) (berdeménos)

Hebrew: טְרִיקִי‎
Hungarian: nehéz (hu), fogas (hu), fogós, húzós
Italian: insidioso (it), ingannevole (it), pericoloso (it)
Portuguese: complicado (pt) m, complicada (pt) f
Russian: каверзны́й (ru) (kaverznýj), щекотли́вый (ru) (ščekotlívyj)
Spanish: difícil (es), dificultoso (es) m, dificultosa (es) f, chungo (es) (colloquial), se las trae (colloquial), tener su intríngulis (colloquial)
Swedish: knepig (sv), meckig (sv) (colloquial)
Turkish: güç (tr), zor (tr)

adept at using deception

Dutch: listig (nl), listige (nl)
Estonian: kaval, petlik
Finnish: ovela (fi), juonikas (fi), tukala (fi)
French: rusé (fr) m, rusée (fr) f, malin (fr), retors (fr)
German: gerissen (de)
Greek: δυσνόητος (el) m (dysnóitos)
Hungarian: ravasz (hu), cseles, trükkös, fifikás, ördöngös (hu), dörzsölt, furfangos (hu), agyafúrt (hu)

Irish: cleasach
Japanese: 狡猾な (ja) (kōkatsu na)
Latin: dolōsus
Russian: проны́рливый (ru) (pronýrlivyj), ло́вкий (ru) (lóvkij), оборо́тистый (ru) (oborótistyj)
Swedish: lurig (sv), listig (sv)
Turkish: aldatıcı (tr), kurnaz (tr)

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Korean: ^{(please verify)} 까다로운 (kkadaroun)

Mandarin: 棘手的