dificuldade
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.fi.kuwˈda.d͡ʒi/
dificuldade is spelled D-I-F-I-C-U-L-D-A-D-E (11 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dificuldade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “difficulty (state of being difficult)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade ou estado daquilo que é difícil”.
What does dificuldade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedifficulty (state of being difficult)
- 2
femininea difficult situation; a hardship
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade ou estado daquilo que é difícil 2. situação difícil 3. apuro, aperto, apertura 4. obstáculo, impedimento, estorvo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dificuldade
- dificuldades plural
- difficuldade alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dificuldade?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.fi.kuwˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.fi.kuʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
- Portugal /di.fi.kulˈda.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dificuldade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dificuldade in Portuguese?
dificuldade appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).