facilidad

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facilitātem (“ease, easiness”), from facilis (“doable, easy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /faθiliˈdad/ [fa.θi.liˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /fasiliˈdad/ [fa.si.liˈð̞að̞]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: fa‧ci‧li‧dad

Noun

facilidad f (plural facilidades)

1. ease (skill, facility)

   Antonym: dificultad

   • 2012, Gema Bonnín, La Dama y el Dragón, Destino, →ISBN, page 148:

     Las facilidades sólo consiguen que las dificultades te parezcan mayores.

     The ease only makes the difficulties seem bigger.

Derived terms

• facilidad de palabra

 

Related terms

• fácil
• facilitar

 

Further reading

• “facilidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16