challenging

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• /ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪn.d͡ʒɪŋ/
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• /ˈt͡ʃæl.ən.d͡ʒɪŋ/
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From Middle English chalengynge; equivalent to challenge + -ing.

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: предизвикателен (predizvikatelen) — difficult; hard to do
• Catalan: desafiador — difficult; hard to do
• Chinese Mandarin: 很有挑戰性 — difficult; hard to do
• Chinese Mandarin: 很有挑战性 (hěn yǒu tiǎnzhànxìng) — difficult; hard to do
• Chinese Mandarin: 困难的 — difficult; hard to do
• Danish: udfordrende — difficult; hard to do
• Dutch: uitdagend — difficult; hard to do
• Finnish: haastava — difficult; hard to do
• Finnish: vaikea — difficult; hard to do
• Finnish: hankala — difficult; hard to do
• French: difficile — difficult; hard to do
• French: stimulant — difficult; hard to do
• French: éprouvant — difficult; hard to do
• German: anspruchsvoll — difficult; hard to do
• German: herausfordernd — difficult; hard to do
• Hebrew: מאתגר (me'atger) — difficult; hard to do
• Italian: impegnativo — difficult; hard to do
• Italian: difficoltoso — difficult; hard to do
• Polish: trudny — difficult; hard to do
• Portuguese: desafiador — difficult; hard to do
• Russian: испы́тывающий (ispýtyvajuščij) — difficult; hard to do
• Russian: трудновыполни́мый (trudnovypolnímyj) — difficult; hard to do
• Spanish: retante — difficult; hard to do
• Spanish: retador — difficult; hard to do
• Spanish: suponer un reto — difficult; hard to do
• Swedish: utmanande — difficult; hard to do
• Uzbek: qiyin — difficult; hard to do