difficult
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The meaning (definition) of the word difficult
hard to do and needing lots of effort
The word difficult used in a sentence
“Tying my shoes was difficult at first.”
Words that mean the same as difficult (synonyms)
hardtough
Words that mean the opposite of difficult (antonyms)
easysimple
How the word difficult is said around the world
| French | difficile (dee-fee-SEEL) |
| Spanish | difícil (dee-FEE-theel) |
| Mandarin | 困难 (koon nahn) |
| Hindi | मुश्किल (MUSH-kil) |
| Arabic | صَعْب (sahb) |
| Russian | трудный (TROOD-nee) |
| Portuguese (EU) | difícil (dee-FEE-seel) |
| Portuguese (BR) | difícil (jee-FEE-seew) |
| Japanese | むずかしい (mu-zu-kah-SHEE) |
| German | schwierig (SHVEE-rikh) |
| Urdu | مشکل (MUSH-kil) |
| Punjabi | ਔਖਾ (OH-khah) |
| Korean | 어렵다 (uh-RYUP-dah) |
| Hebrew | קשה (kah-SHEH) |
| Greek | δύσκολος (THEES-koh-lohs) |
| Dutch | moeilijk (MOOY-luk) |
| Tagalog | mahirap (mah-HEE-rahp) |
| Vietnamese | khó (khoh) |
| Turkish | zor (zor) |
| Persian | سخت (sakht) |
| Polish | trudny (TROOD-nih) |
| Ukrainian | складний (sklad-NIH) |
| Bengali | কঠিন (KOH-thin) |
| Swedish | svår (svohr) |
| Italian | difficile (deef-FEE-chee-leh) |
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