"faire difficulté" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /fɛʁ di.fi.kyl.te/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-faire difficulté.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-faire difficulté.wav
Head templates: {{fr-verb}} faire difficulté
  1. (archaic) to object to (doing something), to be reluctant to (do something), to (do something) grudgingly [with de (+ infinitive) ‘do(ing) something’] Tags: archaic Synonyms: rechigner à
    Sense id: en-faire_difficulté-fr-verb-OvN8kVP3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  2. to be problematic
    Sense id: en-faire_difficulté-fr-verb-c20tRSww
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: faire question, faire problème, poser question, poser problème
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