dificuldade
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- difficuldade (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin difficultātem (“difficulty”), from difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”), from facilis (“easy”), from faciō (“to do, to make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fi.kuwˈda.d͡ʒi/ [d͡ʒi.fi.kuʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fi.kuwˈda.de/ [d͡ʒi.fi.kuʊ̯ˈda.de]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.fi.kulˈda.dɨ/ [di.fi.kuɫˈda.ðɨ]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /di.fi.kuw.ˈda.di/
- Hyphenation: di‧fi‧cul‧da‧de
Noun
dificuldade f (plural dificuldades)
- (uncountable) difficulty (state of being difficult)
- Antonym: facilidade
- a difficult situation
- Synonyms: obstáculo, impedimento, estorvo
Related terms
- difícil
- dificultação
- dificultado
- dificultar
- dificultoso
- desfazer
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