difícil

difficult

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difícil

1. (complicated)

a. difficult

Las cosas buenas son difíciles de conseguir sin esfuerzo.Good things are difficult to achieve without effort.

b. hard

Este juguete es difícil de encontrar durante los días feriados.This toy is hard to find during the holidays.

2. (improbable)

a. unlikely

Esto es difícil que vuelva a pasar.This is unlikely to happen again.

3. (intractable)

a. difficult

No sé cómo tratar con adolescentes difíciles.I don't know how to deal with difficult teenagers.

difícil

1. (complicado)

a. difficult

va a ser difícil encontrar un sitio abierto a estas horasit's going to be difficult o hard to find anywhere that's open at this time

difícil de hacerdifficult to do

se me hace difícil acostumbrarme a madrugarI can't get used to getting up early

no me lo pongas difícildon't make things difficult o hard for me

tiene muy difícil encontrar trabajoit's very difficult o hard for him to find work

2. (improbable)

a. unlikely

es difícil que ganenthey are unlikely to win

3. (rebelde)

a. difficult, awkward

es un niño muy difícilhe's a very awkward o difficult child

tener un carácter difícilto be an awkward person, to be difficult to get on with

difícil

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1 (complicado) [+problema] difficult; [+tiempos, vida] difficult; hard; [+situación] difficult; delicate

es difícil de hacer it's difficult o hard to do; es difícil que venga he is unlikely to come; me resulta muy difícil decidir I find it very hard to decide; I have great difficulty in deciding; creo que lo tiene difícil I think he's going to find it difficult

2 [+persona] difficult

es un hombre difícil he's a difficult man to get on with; un niño difícil a difficult child

3 [+cara] ugly

Phrases with "difícil"

Here are the most popular phrases with "difícil." Click the phrases to see the full entry.

es difícil		it's difficult
difícil de entender o comprender		difficult to understand or comprehend
es difícil que		it's unlikely that
no sé si el examen va a ser fácil o difícil		I don't know if the exam will be easy or hard
es muy difícil		it's very difficult
creo que va a ser difícil encontrar un teclado y un monitor		I think it's going to be hard to find a keyboard and a monitor
¿Cómo estás cuando tienes un examen difícil?		How do you feel when you have a difficult exam?
¿Piensas que la clase de química orgánica es difícil?		Do you think the organic chemistry class is hard?
los Valdivieso son una familia difícil		the Valdiviesos are a difficult family
¿Qué clase es la menos difícil para ti?		What class is the least difficult for you?
muy difícil		very difficult
cómo estás cuando tienes un examen difícil		how do you feel when you have a difficult exam
piensas que la clase de química orgánica es difícil		you think the organic chemistry class is hard

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