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dificil

difficult /di.fiˈt͡ʃil/

adjective#899 most common

Also: hard, tough

Example sentences

Acest exercițiu este dificil.
This exercise is difficult.
Limba chineză este foarte dificilă.
The Chinese language is very difficult.
A fost o zi dificilă la serviciu.
It was a difficult day at work.
Deciziile dificile necesită timp de gândire.
Difficult decisions require time to think over.
Este dificil să găsești un echilibru între muncă și viața personală.
It is difficult to find a balance between work and personal life.
Cu cât problema este mai dificilă, cu atât soluția este mai satisfăcătoare.
The more difficult the problem is, the more satisfying the solution turns out to be.

Word family

dificultatedifficulty
facileasy, effortless
a facilitato facilitate, to make easier
eficientefficient

Etymology

Dificil entered Romanian through French difficile, itself from Latin difficilis. The Latin word combines the negative prefix dis- with facilis, meaning easy, which comes from facere, to do. So the underlying sense is simply not easy to do.

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