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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