dificultad
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /difikulˈtad/ [d̪i.fi.kul̪ˈt̪að̞]
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: di‧fi‧cul‧tad
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin difficultātem. Cognate with English difficulty.
Noun
dificultad f (plural dificultades)
- difficulty, trouble, problem, challenge, constraint, strenuousness, arduousness
- awkwardness
- (in the plural) hardship, challenge, plight, distress
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- dificultad para respirar (“shortness of breath, labored breathing”)
Derived terms
- en dificultades (“in distress”)
- sin dificultades (“smooth; smoothly”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “dificultad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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