- difícilmente
- adv.hardly, challengingly, with difficulty.* * *difícilmente► adverbio1 (apenas) hardly■ difícilmente puede oírnos he can hardly hear us2 (con dificultad) with difficulty■ difícilmente ganará el torneo he's unlikely to win the tournament* * *adv.hardly* * *ADV1) (=con dificultad) with difficulty2) (=apenas)
difícilmente se podrá hacer — we'll be hard-pressed to do it
aquí difícilmente va a haber para todos — there's unlikely to be enough of this for everybody
difícilmente se alcanza eso — that is unlikely to be reached
* * *adverbiosi no estudias, difícilmente podrás aprobar — if you don't do some work, you'll have trouble passing
difícilmente te puedes negar — you can hardly say no
* * *adverbiosi no estudias, difícilmente podrás aprobar — if you don't do some work, you'll have trouble passing
difícilmente te puedes negar — you can hardly say no
* * *difícilmenteadverbsi no estudias, difícilmente podrás aprobar el examen if you don't do some work, you'll have trouble o difficulty passing the examdifícilmente se le puede acusar de falta de honestidad one could hardly accuse him of being dishonestdifícilmente encontrarás algo abierto a esta hora you'll be hard pressed o you'll be unlikely to find anything open at this time of day¿había mucha gente? — difícilmente habría unas diez personas were there many people? — ten at the very most* * *
difícilmente adverbio with difficulty: difícilmente vas a aprobar si no estudias, it's unlikely you'll pass if you don't study
'difícilmente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apenas
- mal
English:
ill
- well
* * *difícilmente adv1. [con dificultad] with difficulty;algo difícilmente imaginable something difficult to imagine2. [improbablemente]si no me cuentas lo que te pasa, difícilmente te podré ayudar if you don't tell me what's wrong, I can hardly help you;difícilmente van a venir con el chaparrón que está cayendo they're not likely to come in this downpour* * *difícilmenteadv with difficulty* * *difícilmente adv1) : with difficulty2) : hardly
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.