fácil

See also: facil and fàcil

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaθil/ [ˈfa.θil]
• Rhymes: -aθil
• Syllabification: fá‧cil

Adjective

fácil (epicene, plural fáciles)

1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)

   Antonym: difícil

References

• “fácil”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “fácil”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin facilis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaθil/ [ˈfa.θiɫ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈfaθil/ [ˈfa.θiɫ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈfasil/ [ˈfa.siɫ]

 

• Rhymes: -aθil

• Rhymes: -aθil
• Rhymes: -asil

• Hyphenation: fá‧cil

Adjective

fácil m or f (plural fáciles)
fácil m or f (plural fáceis, reintegrationist norm)

1. easy

   Antonym: difícil

Derived terms

• facilmente

Related terms

• facilidade
• facilitar

Further reading

• “fácil”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “fácil”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fáciu, fácio (Brazil, eye dialect)
• fácir, fáci (Caipira, pronunciation spelling)
• facil (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facilis, from faciō (“to do; to make”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.siw/ [ˈfa.siʊ̯], (colloquial) /ˈfa.sju/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.sil/ [ˈfa.siɫ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -asil, -asiw, -asju
• Hyphenation: fá‧cil

Adjective

fácil m or f (plural fáceis)

1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)

   Synonym: simples

   Antonyms: complicado, difícil

2. which is understood at no cost; simple
3. (of a person) who has an affable attitude; accessible
4. (of a person) who collaborates docilely; conciliatory
5. that it is comfortable; convenient
6. that arises spontaneously
7. that shows little reflection; thoughtless; precipitate; frivolous
8. shallow; simplistic
9. that has little value
10. what can happen; possible
11. (derogatory, of a person) easy (consenting readily to sex)

Related terms

• facilidade
• facilitação
• facilitado
• facilitador
• facilitamento
• facilitar
• facilitário
• facilitarismo
• fazer

Further reading

• “fácil”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fácil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fácil”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “fácil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facilis. Compare English facile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaθil/ [ˈfa.θil] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfasil/ [ˈfa.sil] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aθil (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asil (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: fá‧cil

Adjective

fácil m or f (masculine and feminine plural fáciles, superlative facilísimo)

1. easy, facile, simple (requiring little effort)

   Antonym: difícil

   Quiero un trabajo fácil.

   I want an easy task.

   El proyecto se ve fácil de llevar a cabo.

   The project seems easy to carry out.

2. easy-to-use, user-friendly (clipping of fácil de usar)
3. (slang) easy (being readily available for sex)

   Synonym: ofrecido

4. (obsolete) gullible, credulous

   Synonyms: crédulo, cándido

Derived terms

• presa fácil

Derived terms

• facilillo
• facilito
• fácilmente
• gatillo fácil

Related terms

• facilidad
• facilitar
• hacer

Adverb

fácil

1. easily

   Synonym: fácilmente

   Demasiado fácil lo dices.

   You say that too easily.

Further reading

• “fácil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024