difícil.
difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing
Meaning & usage
difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing
unlikely (i.e. improbable)
awkward (e.g. situation or position)
rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin facilis Latin difficilisbor. Spanish difícil Borrowed from Latin difficilis. Compare obsolete English difficile.
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