"problema" meaning in Spanish

See problema in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɾoˈblema/, [pɾoˈβ̞le.ma] Forms: problemas [plural]
Rhymes: -ema Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek προβάλλω (probállō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma)bor. Latin problēmalbor. Spanish problema Learned borrowing from Latin problēma, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”). Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:lbor|la:problēma|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek προβάλλω (probállō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma)bor. Latin problēmalbor. Spanish problema [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "obstacle", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "before", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "toward", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "fare", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pér", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-o", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pró", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πρό", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "προ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "gloss" : "throw, cast", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "throw", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷelH-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*gʷəlnō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βάλλω", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "προβάλλω", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-mə", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-μᾰ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πρόβλημα", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "problēma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "problema", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="problema"> Learned borrowing from Latin problēma, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”)., {{ety|es|:lbor|la:problēma|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek προβάλλω (probállō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma)bor. Latin problēmalbor. Spanish problema Learned borrowing from Latin problēma, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”). Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} problema m (plural problemas)
  1. problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with) Tags: masculine
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  2. trouble (in the singular or in the plural) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-problema-es-noun-QMu8swIo
  3. question, dilemma, conundrum Tags: masculine Synonyms: dilema
    Sense id: en-problema-es-noun-xmqIeU16 Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 31 7 14 29 7 10 3
  4. condition (illness) Tags: masculine Synonyms: condición
    Sense id: en-problema-es-noun-azztyqex
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: problema técnico (english: technical difficulty) Derived forms: aproblemar [verb], no te hagas problema, planteamiento del problema, problemilla [diminutive, masculine], problemita [diminutive, masculine], resolución de problemas (english: problem-solving) Related terms: problemático

Inflected forms

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    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "aproblemar"
    },
    {
      "word": "no te hagas problema"
    },
    {
      "word": "planteamiento del problema"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "problemilla"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "problemita"
    },
    {
      "english": "problem-solving",
      "translation": "problem-solving",
      "word": "resolución de problemas"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "problema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chavacano",
      "lang_code": "cbk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "inherited",
        "inherited"
      ],
      "word": "problema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "problema"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "*per-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/per-#Proto-Indo-European:_before"
    ],
    [
      "*per-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/per-#Proto-Indo-European:_fare"
    ],
    [
      "*pér",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pér"
    ],
    [
      "*-o",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-o"
    ],
    [
      "*pró",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pró#Proto-Indo-European:_toward"
    ],
    [
      "πρό",
      "πρό#Ancient_Greek:_before"
    ],
    [
      "προ-",
      "προ-#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "*gʷelH-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷelH-#Proto-Indo-European:_throw"
    ],
    [
      "*gʷəlnō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/gʷəlnō"
    ],
    [
      "βάλλω",
      "βάλλω#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "προβάλλω",
      "προβάλλω#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "*-mn̥",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-mn̥"
    ],
    [
      "*-mə",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/-mə"
    ],
    [
      "-μᾰ",
      "-μα#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "πρόβλημα",
      "πρόβλημα#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "problēma",
      "problema#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "problēma",
      "problema#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "πρόβλημα",
      "πρόβλημα#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
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      },
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    },
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        "2": ":lbor",
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        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *per-der.?\nProto-Indo-European *per-der.?\nProto-Indo-European *pér\nProto-Indo-European *-o\nProto-Indo-European *próder.\nAncient Greek πρό (pró)\nAncient Greek προ- (pro-)\nProto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.\nProto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō\nAncient Greek βάλλω (bállō)\nAncient Greek προβάλλω (probállō)\nProto-Indo-European *-mn̥\nProto-Hellenic *-mə\nAncient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)\nAncient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma)bor.\nLatin problēmalbor.\nSpanish problema\nLearned borrowing from Latin problēma, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *per-der.?\nProto-Indo-European *per-der.?\nProto-Indo-European *pér\nProto-Indo-European *-o\nProto-Indo-European *próder.\nAncient Greek πρό (pró)\nAncient Greek προ- (pro-)\nProto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.\nProto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō\nAncient Greek βάλλω (bállō)\nAncient Greek προβάλλω (probállō)\nProto-Indo-European *-mn̥\nProto-Hellenic *-mə\nAncient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)\nAncient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma)bor.\nLatin problēmalbor.\nSpanish problema\nLearned borrowing from Latin problēma, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "problemas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "problema m (plural problemas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pro‧ble‧ma"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "pro‧ble‧ma"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "english": "technical difficulty",
      "translation": "technical difficulty",
      "word": "problema técnico"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "problemático"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              134,
              142
            ],
            [
              134,
              143
            ],
            [
              312,
              320
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 September 24, Alejandra Jaramillo, “Trump exige investigación sobre presunto \"triple sabotaje\" en la ONU”, in CNN en Español:",
          "text": "En redes sociales afirmó que una serie de fallos técnicos, que incluyeron una escalera mecánica detenida, un fallo del teleprompter y problemas de audio, fueron actos deliberados para socavar su credibilidad. […] El exmandatario amplió el tema en una publicación en sus redes sociales, donde también mencionó el problema de un audio “totalmente desincronizado”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ],
        [
          "challenge",
          "challenge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "trouble (in the singular or in the plural)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "singular",
          "singular"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "question, dilemma, conundrum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "question",
          "question"
        ],
        [
          "dilemma",
          "dilemma"
        ],
        [
          "conundrum",
          "conundrum"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dilema"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "condition (illness)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "condición"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɾoˈblema/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɾoˈβ̞le.ma]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ema"
    }
  ],
  "word": "problema"
}

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