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difícil

adjectiveBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “difícil” mean in English?

  1. difficult

Example sentences

  • El examen es difícil.

    The exam is hard.

  • Las preguntas son difíciles.

    The questions are hard.

  • Es difícil hablar rápido.

    It's hard to speak fast.

How to use it

Difícil means 'difficult' / 'hard'. Like fácil, ends in consonant — invariable for gender. Plural difíciles.

Common mistake

Stress on the second syllable: di-FÍ-cil. Don't say di-fi-CIL. The accent on the í is required.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 4.