Difficult, hard - Difícil (The 374th Most Common Spanish Word)

The translation for Difficult, hard in Spanish is Difícil. It can be used as adjective. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 374th most commonly used word in Spanish. This word often comes up when talking about people, measures, materials & quality, lifestyle & free time, emotions. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app to practice the 3000 most common Spanish words, including this one, with over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: difficult, hard

Spanish: difícil

Examples


All beginnings are difficult.	El primer paso es muy difícil.
The first step is the most difficult.	El primer paso es el más difícil.
The first step is always the hardest.	El primer paso siempre es el más difícil.
You don't seem to understand how difficult it is for young people today to believe in something.	Parece que no entiendes lo difícil que es para la gente joven de hoy creer en algo.
It isn't as hard as you think.	No es tan difícil como tú crees.
It's always difficult to start a letter.	Siempre es difícil empezar una carta.
It's hard, but I'm going to make it	Es difícil, pero lo voy a conseguir.
The difficult we do at once. The impossible takes a little longer.	Lo difícil lo hacemos enseguida. Lo imposible lleva un poco más de tiempo.

I know we are in a difficult situation.	Sé que estamos en una situación difícil.
He is now in a very difficult situation.	Él está ahora en una situación muy difícil.
It was harder than I expected.	Fue más difícil de lo que pensaba.
It doesn't look too hard.	Eso no suena muy difícil.
It will be difficult for him to speak in public.	Va a ser difícil para él hablar en público.
It is hard to speak in public.	Es difícil hablar en público.
It was rather difficult for me to make out what he was saying.	Me fue muy difícil entender lo que él estaba diciendo.
Such a problem is hard to deal with.	Un problema tal es difícil de tratar.
He is difficult to get along with.	Es difícil llevarse bien con él.
His ideas are difficult to understand.	Es difícil entender sus ideas.
It's difficult to have great ideas.	Es difícil tener buenas ideas.
It is hard to carry out this plan.	Es difícil llevar a cabo este plan.
I realize it's hard to believe.	Comprendo que es difícil de creer.