"difícil" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Asturian]

Forms: difíciles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Etymology templates: {{bor|ast|la|difficilis}} Latin difficilis Head templates: {{head|ast|adjective|epicene||||||plural|difíciles|f4accel-form=p|head=|sort=}} difícil (epicene, plural difíciles)
  1. difficult (hard, not easy) Tags: epicene Related terms: dificultá
    Sense id: en-difícil-ast-adj-RwfChFd0 Categories (other): Asturian entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Catalan]

IPA: [diˈfi.sil] [Balearic, Central, Valencian] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-difícil.wav Forms: difícils [feminine, masculine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ca|la|difficilis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin difficilis, {{bor+|ca|la|difficilis}} Borrowed from Latin difficilis Head templates: {{ca-adj}} difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difícils)
  1. difficult Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: difícilment Related terms: dificultar, dificultat
    Sense id: en-difícil-ca-adj-HkRTqYyd Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Galician]

Forms: difíciles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|gl|la|difficilis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin difficilis, {{bor+|gl|la|difficilis}} Borrowed from Latin difficilis Head templates: {{gl-adj}} difícil m or f (plural difíciles)
  1. difficult Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: dificilmente Related terms: dificultade, dificultar
    Sense id: en-difícil-gl-adj-HkRTqYyd Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Portuguese]

IPA: /d͡ʒiˈfi.siw/ [Brazil], [d͡ʒiˈfi.siʊ̯] [Brazil], /diˈfi.sil/ [Portugal], [diˈfi.siɫ] [Portugal], /dɨˈfi.sil/ [Portugal], [dɨˈfi.siɫ] [Portugal], /di.ˈfi.siw/ [Northeast-Brazil] Forms: difíceis [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis. Etymology templates: {{lbor|pt|la|difficilis}} Learned borrowing from Latin difficilis Head templates: {{pt-adj}} difícil m or f (plural difíceis)
  1. difficult, hard Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: dificilmente
    Sense id: en-difícil-pt-adj-cqEV-7RP Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /diˈfiθil/ [Spain], [d̪iˈfi.θil] [Spain], /diˈfisil/ [Latin-America], [d̪iˈfi.sil] [Latin-America] Forms: difíciles [feminine, masculine, plural], dificilísimo [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|la|difficilis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin difficilis, {{bor+|es|la|difficilis}} Borrowed from Latin difficilis, {{cog|en|difficile}} English difficile Head templates: {{es-adj|sup=dificilísimo}} difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difíciles, superlative dificilísimo)
  1. difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-difícil-es-adj-untQKfPk Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 48 22 20 9
  2. unlikely (i.e. improbable) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-difícil-es-adj-AIp7Pbls
  3. awkward (e.g. situation or position) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-difícil-es-adj-xUrOyYFa
  4. (figurative) rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road) Tags: feminine, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-difícil-es-adj-jjpoy0HG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: difícilmente [adverb], dificultad [feminine], dificultar

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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