difícil

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

• IPA^(key): /diˈfiθil/, [d̪iˈfi.θil]
• Hyphenation: di‧fí‧cil

difícil (epicene, plural difíciles)

1. difficult (hard, not easy)

   Antonym: facil

Borrowed from Latin difficilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [diˈfi.sil]

• Audio:

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difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difícils)

1. difficult

   Antonym: fàcil

• difícilment

• dificultar
• dificultat

• “difícil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis.

• Hyphenation: di‧fí‧cil

difícil m or f (plural difíciles)
difícil m or f (plural difíceis, reintegrationist norm)

1. difficult

   Antonym: fácil

• “difícil”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /di.ˈfi.siw/
• Hyphenation: di‧fí‧cil

difícil m or f (plural difíceis)

1. 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.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:difícil.

• “difícil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /diˈfiθil/ [d̪iˈfi.θil]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /diˈfisil/ [d̪iˈfi.sil]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iθil
• Rhymes: -isil
• Syllabification: di‧fí‧cil

difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difíciles, superlative dificilísimo)

1. difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing
2. unlikely (i.e. improbable)
3. awkward (e.g. situation or position)
4. (figurative) rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)

• fácil

• “difícil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28