Difícil

Difícil

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “difícil”.

It’s an adjective meaning “difficult”. There are also times when it can mean “unlikely” or “improbable”.

Like the English word “difficult”, it comes from the Latin word difficilis, which was the opposite of facilis (“easy”).

Aprender vocabulario no es tan difícil.

Learning vocabulary isn’t too difficult.

El examen fue más difícil de lo que esperaba.

The exam was more difficult than I expected.

Hacer amigos nuevos puede ser difícil a veces.

Making new friends can be difficult sometimes.

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