dificultad
/difikulˈtad/ · B1 · noun · f
trouble
🧗 dis- (not) + fácil (easy) = the not-easy thing; -tad = -ty, so difficulty
From Latin difficultas: dis- (not) + facilis (easy), the same root as Spanish fácil. Spanish -tad matches English -ty (libertad = liberty), so dificultad lines up with difficulty almost letter for letter. It is feminine: la dificultad.