# fácil
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaθil/ [ˈfa.θil]
* Hyphenation: fá‧cil

### Adjective

fácil (epicene, plural fáciles)
* easy (requiring little skill or effort)
    Antonym: difícil

### References

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.
* “fácil” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin facilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaθil/ [ˈfa.θiɫ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈfaθil/ [ˈfa.θiɫ]
* IPA: (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)
* 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 (2014).

## 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: /ˈfa.siw/ [ˈfa.siʊ̯], (colloquial) /ˈfa.sju/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfa.sil/ [ˈfa.siɫ]
* Rhymes: -asil, -asiw, -asju
* Hyphenation: fá‧cil

### Adjective

fácil m or f (plural fáceis)
* easy (requiring little skill or effort)
    Synonym: simples
    Antonyms: complicado, difícil
* which is understood at no cost; simple
* (of a person) who has an affable attitude; accessible
* (of a person) who collaborates docilely; conciliatory
* that it is comfortable; convenient
* that arises spontaneously
* that shows little reflection; thoughtless; precipitate; frivolous
* shallow; simplistic
* that has little value
* what can happen; possible
* (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 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: (Spain) /ˈfaθil/ [ˈfa.θil]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈfasil/ [ˈfa.sil]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aθil
* Rhymes: -asil
* Syllabification: fá‧cil

### Adjective

fácil m or f (masculine and feminine plural fáciles, superlative facilísimo)
* 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.
* easy-to-use, user-friendly (Clipping of fácil de usar.)
* (slang) easy (being readily available for sex)
    Synonym: ofrecido
* (obsolete) gullible, credulous
    Synonyms: crédulo, cándido

#### Derived terms

* presa fácil

#### Derived terms

* facilillo
* facilito
* fácilmente
* gatillo fácil

#### Related terms

* facilidad
* facilitar
* hacer

### Adverb

fácil
* 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], 2024 December 10