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problem

English

  1. 🔊 a question raised for consideration or solution
    “our homework consisted of ten problems to solve”
  2. 🔊 a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
    “she and her husband are having problems”
  3. 🔊 a source of difficulty
    “one trouble after another delayed the job”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 bronca problem
  2. 🔊 inconveniente problem, trouble
  3. 🔊 problema problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)
  4. 🔊 pedo problem, issue (in some places the 'd' is almost always dropped in this meaning, thus the word is written and pronounced "peo")

Similar words

trouble job chinese puzzle ado aggravation annoyance anxiety bad news baffle bafflement baffling problem basis bedevilment besetment bewilderment blemish bone of contention bore bother botheration bothersomeness brain twister bug bugaboo