"difícil" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

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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