difficult (English)

Etymology

From - enm - fro - la - difficul, older form of - |hard to do, difficult, from - facilis||easy; see difficile.

Pronunciation

  • - /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/
  • - Audio (UK)
  • - /ˈdɪfɪkʌlt/
  • en-us-difficult.ogg

    • Adjective

    hard, not easy, requiring much effort

    hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome; eg. said of a person, a horse, etc.

    * Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli - you know it's good for you.

    Usage notes

    Difficult implies the notion that considerable mental effort or physical skill is required, or that obstacles are to be overcome which call for sagacity and skill in the doer; as, a difficult task. Thus, "hard" is not always synonymous with difficult: Other examples include a difficult operation in surgery; a difficult passage by an author.

    Synonyms

  • burdensome, cumbersome, hard
  • See also Wikisaurus:difficult

    • Translations

    hard, not easy

  • Arabiska - صعب
  • : Moroccan_Arabic - واعر|tr=waʿr|sc=Arab
  • Armenian - դժվար|tr=džvar, - բարդ|tr=bard, - ծանր|tr=çanr
  • Vitryska - цяжкі
    • , трудны
  • Bulgariska - труден
  • Bulgariska - мъчен
  • Katalanska - difícil
  • Cebuano - lisud
  • Chamicuro - yeewa
  • Chinese:
  • : Cantonese: 難 (nan4), 困難 (kwan3 nan4);
  • : Mandarin - 難|sc=Hani, - 难|tr=nán|sc=Hani, - 困難|sc=Hani, - 困难|tr=kùnnán|sc=Hani, - 艱難|sc=Hani, - 艰难|tr=jiānnán|sc=Hani
  • Crimean Tatar: qıyın
  • Tjeckiska - obtížný
    • , těžký
  • Holländska - lastig
    • , moeilijk
  • Esperanto - malfacila|xs=Esperanto
  • Estniska - keeruline
  • Faroese - torførur
  • Finska - vaikea
    • , hankala
  • Franska - difficile
  • Georgian - ძნელი|tr=jneli|sc=Geor
  • Tyska - schwer
    • , schwierig
  • Grekiska - δύσκολος
  • Gujarati - કઠિન|tr=kaṭhin|sc=Gujr
  • Haitian Creole - difisil
  • Hebrew - קשה|tr=qasheh, - מסובך|tr=mesubbakh
  • Hindiska - मुश्किल
  • Hindiska - विकट
    • , कठिन
  • Ido: desfacila
  • Interlingua: difficile
  • Italienska - difficile
  • Japanska - 難しい
    • , 困難
  • Koreanska - 어렵다
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani - زه‌حمه‌ت|tr=zehmet|sc=ku-Arab, - گران|tr=giran|sc=ku-Arab, - سه‌خت|tr=sext|sc=ku-Arab
  • Latin - difficilis
  • Lettiska - sarežģīts
  • Makedonska - тежок
  • Norska - vanskelig
  • Old English - earfoþe|xs=Old English
  • Pashto - ګران|m|tr=grân, - مشکل|m|tr=muškil
  • Persiska - دشوار
  • Persiska - مشکل
    • , سخت, صعب
  • Polska - trudny
    • , ciężki
  • Portugisiska - difícil
  • Punjabi - ਕਠਿਨ|tr=kaṭhin|sc=Guru
  • Rumänska - greu
    • , difícil, anevoios, complicat
  • Ryska - трудный
  • Ryska - тяжёлый
    • , тяжкий
  • Sanskrit - अलभ्य |tr=alabhya|sc=Deva
  • Scottish Gaelic: doirbh, mì-fhurasda, cruaidh, trom, duilich
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • : Cyrillic - тежак
  • : Roman - težak
  • Slovakiska - obtiažny
    • , ťažký
  • Slovenska - težek
  • Spanska - difícil
  • Svenska - svår
  • Filippinska - mahirap
  • Telugu - కఠినమైన|tr=kaṭhinamain|sc=Telu, - కష్టమైన|tr=kaṣṭamain|sc=Telu
  • Thailändska - ยาก
  • Turkiska - zor
    • , güç
  • Ukrainska - важкий
  • Ukrainska - трудний
  • Urdu - مشکل|tr=muśkil|xs=Urdu, - دشوار|tr=duśvār|xs=Urdu, - کٹھن|tr=kaṭhin|sc=ur-Arab
  • Vietnamesiska - khó
  • Welsh: anodd
  • West Frisian - swier
  • Jiddisch - שווער
    • , האַרב

    Statistics

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    • External links

    ang:difficult simple:difficult

    Fullständig information på

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