dificultar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficultāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

dificultar (first-person singular present dificulto, first-person singular preterite dificultí, past participle dificultat)

  1. (transitive) to hinder, to make difficult
  2. (transitive) to interfere with

Conjugation
    Conjugation of dificultar (first conjugation)
infinitive dificultar
gerund dificultant
past participle masculine feminine
singular dificultat dificultada
plural dificultats dificultades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present dificulto dificultes dificulta dificultem dificulteu dificulten
imperfect dificultava dificultaves dificultava dificultàvem dificultàveu dificultaven
future dificultaré dificultaràs dificultarà dificultarem dificultareu dificultaran
preterite dificultí dificultares dificultà dificultàrem dificultàreu dificultaren
conditional dificultaria dificultaries dificultaria dificultaríem dificultaríeu dificultarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present dificulti dificultis dificulti dificultem dificulteu dificultin
imperfect dificultés dificultessis dificultés dificultéssim dificultéssiu dificultessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — dificulta dificulti dificultem dificulteu dificultin
negative (no) — no dificultis no dificulti no dificultem no dificulteu no dificultin

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin difficultāre.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fi.kuwˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fi.kuʊ̯ˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fi.kuwˈta(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒi.fi.kuʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fi.kuwˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fi.kuʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fi.kuwˈta(ɻ)/ [d͡ʒi.fi.kuʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.fi.kulˈtaɾ/ [di.fi.kuɫˈtaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /di.fi.kulˈta.ɾi/ [di.fi.kuɫˈta.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: di‧fi‧cul‧tar

Verb

dificultar (first-person singular present dificulto, first-person singular preterite dificultei, past participle dificultado)

  1. (transitive) to hinder (to make a task difficult)
    Synonym: frustrar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of dificultar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal dificultar
Personal dificultar dificultares dificultar dificultarmos dificultardes dificultarem
Gerund
dificultando
Past participle
Masculine dificultado dificultados
Feminine dificultada dificultadas
Indicative
Present dificulto dificultas dificulta dificultamos dificultais dificultam
Imperfect dificultava dificultavas dificultava dificultávamos dificultáveis dificultavam
Preterite dificultei dificultaste dificultou dificultamos1, dificultámos2 dificultastes dificultaram
Pluperfect dificultara dificultaras dificultara dificultáramos dificultáreis dificultaram
Future dificultarei dificultarás dificultará dificultaremos dificultareis dificultarão
Conditional dificultaria dificultarias dificultaria dificultaríamos dificultaríeis dificultariam
Subjunctive
Present dificulte dificultes dificulte dificultemos dificulteis dificultem
Imperfect dificultasse dificultasses dificultasse dificultássemos dificultásseis dificultassem
Future dificultar dificultares dificultar dificultarmos dificultardes dificultarem
Imperative
Affirmative dificulta dificulte dificultemos dificultai dificultem
Negative (não) não dificultes não dificulte não dificultemos não dificulteis não dificultem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin difficultāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /difikulˈtaɾ/ [d̪i.fi.kul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: di‧fi‧cul‧tar

Verb

dificultar (first-person singular present dificulto, first-person singular preterite dificulté, past participle dificultado)

  1. (transitive) to make difficult, to hamper, to hinder, to impede, to complicate

Conjugation
    Conjugation of dificultar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive dificultar
gerund dificultando
past participle masculine feminine
singular dificultado dificultada
plural dificultados dificultadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present dificulto dificultastú
dificultásvos		 dificulta dificultamos dificultáis dificultan
imperfect dificultaba dificultabas dificultaba dificultábamos dificultabais dificultaban
preterite dificulté dificultaste dificultó dificultamos dificultasteis dificultaron
future dificultaré dificultarás dificultará dificultaremos dificultaréis dificultarán
conditional dificultaría dificultarías dificultaría dificultaríamos dificultaríais dificultarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present dificulte dificultestú
dificultésvos2		 dificulte dificultemos dificultéis dificulten
imperfect
(ra)		 dificultara dificultaras dificultara dificultáramos dificultarais dificultaran
imperfect
(se)		 dificultase dificultases dificultase dificultásemos dificultaseis dificultasen
future1 dificultare dificultares dificultare dificultáremos dificultareis dificultaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative dificultatú
dificultávos		 dificulte dificultemos dificultad dificulten
negative no dificultes no dificulte no dificultemos no dificultéis no dificulten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of dificultar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive dificultar
dative dificultarme dificultarte dificultarle, dificultarse dificultarnos dificultaros dificultarles, dificultarse
accusative dificultarme dificultarte dificultarlo, dificultarla, dificultarse dificultarnos dificultaros dificultarlos, dificultarlas, dificultarse
with gerund dificultando
dative dificultándome dificultándote dificultándole, dificultándose dificultándonos dificultándoos dificultándoles, dificultándose
accusative dificultándome dificultándote dificultándolo, dificultándola, dificultándose dificultándonos dificultándoos dificultándolos, dificultándolas, dificultándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dificulta
dative dificúltame dificúltate dificúltale dificúltanos not used dificúltales
accusative dificúltame dificúltate dificúltalo, dificúltala dificúltanos not used dificúltalos, dificúltalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dificultá
dative dificultame dificultate dificultale dificultanos not used dificultales
accusative dificultame dificultate dificultalo, dificultala dificultanos not used dificultalos, dificultalas
with formal second-person singular imperative dificulte
dative dificúlteme not used dificúltele, dificúltese dificúltenos not used dificúlteles
accusative dificúlteme not used dificúltelo, dificúltela, dificúltese dificúltenos not used dificúltelos, dificúltelas
with first-person plural imperative dificultemos
dative not used dificultémoste dificultémosle dificultémonos dificultémoos dificultémosles
accusative not used dificultémoste dificultémoslo, dificultémosla dificultémonos dificultémoos dificultémoslos, dificultémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dificultad
dative dificultadme not used dificultadle dificultadnos dificultaos dificultadles
accusative dificultadme not used dificultadlo, dificultadla dificultadnos dificultaos dificultadlos, dificultadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dificulten
dative dificúltenme not used dificúltenle dificúltennos not used dificúltenles, dificúltense
accusative dificúltenme not used dificúltenlo, dificúltenla dificúltennos not used dificúltenlos, dificúltenlas, dificúltense

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.