"difícil" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /diˈfiθil/ [Spain], [d̪iˈfi.θil] [Spain], /diˈfisil/ [Latin-America, Philippines], [d̪iˈfi.sil] [Latin-America, Philippines] Forms: difíciles [feminine, masculine, plural], dificilísimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -iθil, -isil Etymology: Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile. Etymology templates: {{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
  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 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 26 12 11 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: difícilmente [adverb] Related terms: dificultad [feminine], dificultar

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fácil"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "difícilmente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "difficilis"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin difficilis",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "difficile"
      },
      "expansion": "English difficile",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "difíciles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dificilísimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "sup": "dificilísimo"
      },
      "expansion": "difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difíciles, superlative dificilísimo)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "di‧fí‧cil"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dificultad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dificultar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing"
      ],
      "id": "en-difícil-es-adj-untQKfPk",
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ],
        [
          "challenging",
          "challenging"
        ],
        [
          "rough",
          "rough"
        ],
        [
          "tricky",
          "tricky"
        ],
        [
          "trying",
          "trying"
        ],
        [
          "arduous",
          "arduous"
        ],
        [
          "testing",
          "testing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unlikely (i.e. improbable)"
      ],
      "id": "en-difícil-es-adj-AIp7Pbls",
      "links": [
        [
          "unlikely",
          "unlikely"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "awkward (e.g. situation or position)"
      ],
      "id": "en-difícil-es-adj-xUrOyYFa",
      "links": [
        [
          "awkward",
          "awkward"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 12 11 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)"
      ],
      "id": "en-difícil-es-adj-jjpoy0HG",
      "links": [
        [
          "rocky",
          "rocky"
        ],
        [
          "bumpy",
          "bumpy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈfiθil/",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iˈfi.θil]",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈfisil/",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iˈfi.sil]",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iθil"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-isil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "difícil"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fácil"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/isil",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/isil/3 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iθil",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/iθil/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish epicene adjectives",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "difícilmente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "difficilis"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin difficilis",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "difficile"
      },
      "expansion": "English difficile",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "difíciles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dificilísimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "sup": "dificilísimo"
      },
      "expansion": "difícil m or f (masculine and feminine plural difíciles, superlative dificilísimo)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "di‧fí‧cil"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dificultad"
    },
    {
      "word": "dificultar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ],
        [
          "challenging",
          "challenging"
        ],
        [
          "rough",
          "rough"
        ],
        [
          "tricky",
          "tricky"
        ],
        [
          "trying",
          "trying"
        ],
        [
          "arduous",
          "arduous"
        ],
        [
          "testing",
          "testing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unlikely (i.e. improbable)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unlikely",
          "unlikely"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "awkward (e.g. situation or position)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "awkward",
          "awkward"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rocky",
          "rocky"
        ],
        [
          "bumpy",
          "bumpy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈfiθil/",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iˈfi.θil]",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈfisil/",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪iˈfi.sil]",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iθil"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-isil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "difícil"
}

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