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difícil

Level A2

Meaning

difficult, hard

Example

El examen fue más difícil de lo que esperaba.

The exam was harder than I expected.

A way to remember it

English "difficult" is its cousin: Latin dis- "not" + facilis "easy", so difícil = not fácil.

Word forms

Forms
singular masculine
singular feminine
plural masculine
plural feminine
difícil
difícil
difíciles
difíciles

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