No. 264 in Polish
trudno
"Trudno" means "difficult" or "hard" in English.
In a sentence
Trudno było znaleźć drogę w tej mgle.
It was hard to find the way in this fog.
Here, 'trudno' is used as an adverb meaning 'hard' or 'difficult', indicating the difficulty of an action.
Trudno, trzeba to zaakceptować.
It's tough, one has to accept it.
In this context, 'trudno' expresses resignation or acceptance of a situation.
Czy trudno jest nauczyć się tego języka?
Is it difficult to learn this language?
'Trudno' functions here as a part of a question about the level of difficulty of an action.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “trudno” in actual Polish podcasts.
Find “trudno” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Polish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into polski, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Polish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).