dificuldade

Portuguese

Alternative forms

difficuldade (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin difficultās (“difficulty”), from difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”), from facilis (“easy”), from faciō (“I do, I make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.fi.kuɫ.ˈða.ðɨ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ˌfi.kuw.ˈda.d͡ʒi/
(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ˌfi.kuw.ˈda.de/
(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)
a difficult situation

Synonyms

(difficult situation): obstáculo, impedimento, estorvo

Antonyms

(difficulty): facilidade

Related terms

difícil
dificultação
dificultado

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