Challenging

//ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪn.d͡ʒɪŋ//

Synonyms for "challenging" (55 found)

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Translations

28 translations across 15 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • предизвикателен adj (difficult; hard to do)

Catalan

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  • desafiador adj (difficult; hard to do)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 困难的 adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • 很有挑战性 adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • 很有挑戰性 adj (difficult; hard to do)

Danish

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  • udfordrende adj (difficult; hard to do)

Dutch

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  • uitdagend adj (difficult; hard to do)

Finnish

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  • haastava adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • hankala adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • vaikea adj (difficult; hard to do)

French

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  • difficile adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • stimulant adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • éprouvant adj (difficult; hard to do)

German

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  • anspruchsvoll adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • herausfordernd adj (difficult; hard to do)

Hebrew

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  • מאתגר adj (difficult; hard to do)

Italian

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  • difficoltoso adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • impegnativo adj (difficult; hard to do)

Polish

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  • trudny adj (difficult; hard to do)

Portuguese

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  • desafiador adj (difficult; hard to do)

Russian

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  • испы́тывающий adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • трудновыполни́мый adj (difficult; hard to do)

Spanish

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  • desafiador adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • desafiante adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • retador adj (difficult; hard to do)
  • suponer un desafío adj (difficult; hard to do)

Uzbek

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  • qiyin adj (difficult; hard to do)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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It is challenging and I am learning a lot.

Source: tatoeba (30196)

I like the new guy. He's not afraid to take on challenging work.

Source: tatoeba (242322)

We express our gratitude for Mr Smith's outstanding, challenging speech.

Source: tatoeba (1565826)

Hovering is very challenging for new helicopter pilots.

Source: tatoeba (2456466)

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