# problema
## English
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /pɹəˈblɛmə/
* (UK) IPA: /pɹəˈblɛmə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmə
* Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

### Noun

problema (plural problemata)
* (formal) A problem set forth in the Ancient Greek scholarly tradition.

#### Quotations

* See Citations:problemata.

## Aragonese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈblema/
* Rhymes: -ema
* Syllabification: pro‧ble‧ma

### Noun

problema m (plural problemas)
* problem

## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈblema/ [pɾoˈβ̞le.ma]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Syllabification: pro‧ble‧ma

### Noun

problema m (plural problemes)
* problem

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾuˈβlɛ.mə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾoˈblɛ.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾoˈble.ma]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

problema m (plural problemes)
* problem (difficulty; obstacle)
* problem (question; schoolwork exercise)

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

### Etymology 1

From Spanish problema, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

#### Noun

problema
* a problem; a difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with

### Etymology 2

Short for problema ni mama or problema ni papa.

#### Noun

problema
* (humorous, often offensive) the penetrating sex hand gesture, formed by making an OK sign with one hand and inserting another finger, usually the index finger, into the ring

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish problema (“problem”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈblema/, [pɾoˈble.ma]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

### Noun

problema (plural problemas)
* problem

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From problemo +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [proˈblema]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

### Adjective

problema
* problematic; appearing like, or related to, a problem

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

### Noun

problema m (plural problemas)
* problem

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /proˈble.ma/

### Noun

problema (plural problemas)
* problem

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from prefix προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /proˈblɛ.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛma
* Hyphenation: pro‧blè‧ma

### Noun

problema m (plural problemi)
* problem
* glitch, bug

#### Derived terms

* sottoproblema

#### Related terms

* problematica
* problematico
* problematizzare

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* problisma (late manuscripts)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /proˈbleː.ma/, [prɔˈbɫ̪eːmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /proˈble.ma/, [proˈblɛːmä]

### Noun

problēma n (genitive problēmatis); third declension
* problem, puzzle, enigma, question proposed for solution.

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

#### Derived terms

* problēmaticus

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: problem
* → Aromanian: prublemã
* → Asturian: problema
* → Azerbaijani: problem
* → Bulgarian: проблема (problema)
* → Catalan: problema
* → Czech: problém
* → Danish: problem
* → Dutch: probleem
** Afrikaans: probleem
** → Indonesian: problem
* → Finnish: probleema
* → Galician: problema
* → Georgian: პრობლემა (ṗroblema)
* → German: Problem
** → Bulgarian: проблем (problem)
** → Estonian: probleem
** → Luxembourgish: Problem
* → Hungarian: probléma
* → Hunsrik: Problem
* → Italian: problema
* → Latvian: problēma
* → Lithuanian: problema
* → Macedonian: проблем (problem)
* → Middle French: probleme
** French: problème
*** → Luxembourgish: Problem
*** → Polish: problem
*** → Romanian: problemă
*** → Turkish: problem
** → Middle English: probleme, problem
*** English: problem
**** → Welsh: problem
*** Scots: problem
* → Norwegian: problem
* → Polish: problem
* → Portuguese: problema
* → Russian: проблема (problema)
** → Armenian: պրոբլեմ (problem)
** → Bashkir: проблема (problema)
** → Georgian: პრობლემა (ṗroblema)
** → Kazakh: проблема (problema)
** → Kumyk: проблема (problema)
** → Kyrgyz: проблема (problema)
** → Uzbek: problema
* → Serbo-Croatian: problem / проблем
* → Sicilian: prubbrema, prubblema
* → Spanish: problema
* → Swedish: problem
* → Ukrainian: проблема (problema)
* → Vilamovian: problem

### Further reading

* “problema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* problema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* problema in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma). Influenced by other European languages.

### Noun

problemà f (plural problèmos) stress pattern 2
* problem

#### Related terms

* problematika
* problematinis
* problematiškas
* probleminis
* problemiškas

### Further reading

* “problema”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
* “problema”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian problema.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɔbˈlɛː.ma/

### Noun

problema m or f (plural problemi)
* problem

#### Usage notes

* May be masculine like the Italian etymon, but mostly construed as feminine.

#### Related terms

* problematiku

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* problemene

### Noun

problema n
* definite plural of problem

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

problema n
* definite plural of problem

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈblẽ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈblẽ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈble.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾuˈble.mɐ/ [pɾuˈβle.mɐ]
* (nonstandard) IPA: /poˈbrẽ.mɐ/, /puˈble.mɐ/, /puɾble.mɐ/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /pɾɔˈblẽ.mɐ/
* (Caipira) IPA: /pɻoˈbɻẽ.mɐ/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: -emɐ
* Hyphenation: pro‧ble‧ma

### Noun

problema m (plural problemas)
* problem (difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with)
* problem (question to be answered)
    Synonyms: exercício, questão
* (pathology) disorder (physical or psychical malfunction)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:problema.

#### Derived terms

* problemão (augmentative)
* probleminha (diminutive)

#### Related terms

* problemática
* problematicamente
* problematicidade
* problemático
* problematização
* problematizado
* problematizador
* problematizar
* problemista
* problemizar

## Romanian
### Noun

problema
* definite nominative/accusative singular of problemă

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈblema/ [pɾoˈβ̞le.ma]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ema
* Syllabification: pro‧ble‧ma

### Noun

problema m (plural problemas)
* problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)
* trouble (singular or plural)
* question, dilemma, conundrum
    Synonym: dilema
* condition (illness)
    Synonym: condición

#### Hyponyms

* problema técnico (“technical difficulty”)

#### Derived terms

* aproblemar (verb)
* planteamiento del problema
* problemilla m (diminutive)
* problemita m (diminutive)
* resolución de problemas (“problem-solving”)

#### Related terms

* problemático

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: problema
* > Chavacano: problema (inherited)
* → Tagalog: problema

### Further reading

* “problema”, 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

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* poblema

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish problema (“problem; trouble”), from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /pɾoˈblema/ [pɾoˈblɛː.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Syllabification: pro‧ble‧ma

### Noun

problema (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ)
* problem; trouble
    Synonyms: suliranin, kuwestiyon, bagahe, sigalot

#### Derived terms

* problemado
* problemahin
* problematiko

### Further reading

* “problema”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018