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chal·leng·ing

(chăl′ən-jĭng)

adj.

Requiring the full application of one's abilities, attention, or resources: a challenging role for an inexperienced performer; a challenging homework assignment.

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challenging

(ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ)

adj

demanding or stimulating: a challenging new job.

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Adj.	1.	challenging - requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake" ambitious difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
	2.	challenging - stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book" thought-provoking stimulating - rousing or quickening activity or the senses; "a stimulating discussion"
	3.	challenging - disturbingly provocative; "an intriguing smile" intriguing provocative - serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope

Translations

صَعْبمُتَحَدٍّ، يَحْتاجُ إلى جُهْد، صَعْب

náročný

udfordrende

herausfordernd

προκλητικός

desafiante estimulante que constituye un desafío que supone un reto

haastava

ambitieux laborieux pénible

izazovan

ögrandi

provocatorio stimolante

挑戦的な

도전적인

svår

ที่ท้าทาย

çaba gerektirengüç ama ilginçzorlayıcı

đầy thách thức

有挑战性的

challenging

[ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ] ADJ

1. (= provocative) [remark, look, tone] → desafiante

2. (= stimulating) [book] → estimulante, provocador; (= demanding) [job, task] → que supone un desafío or un reto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

challenging

[ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ] adj

[look] → de défi, provocateur/trice; [behaviour] → provocateur/trice

[job] → stimulant(e)
a challenging job → un travail stimulant

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

challenging

adj (= provocative) → herausfordernd; (= thought-provoking) → reizvoll; (= demanding) → anspruchsvoll, fordernd; a challenging idea → eine reizvolle Vorstellung; I don’t find this work very challenging → diese Arbeit fordert mich nicht

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

challenging

[ˈtʃælɪndʒɪŋ] adj (situation, work) → impegnativo/a; (remark, look) → provocatorio/a; (book) → stimolante

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challenge

(ˈtʃӕlindʒ) verb

1. to ask (someone) to take part in a contest. He challenged his brother to a round of golf.

2. to question (someone's authority or right, the truth of a statement etc).

noun

1. an invitation to a contest. He accepted his brother's challenge to a fight.

2. the act of questioning someone's right, a statement etc.

ˈchallenger noun

ˈchallenging adjective

demanding effort; difficult. a challenging job/idea.

challenging

→ صَعْب náročný udfordrende herausfordernd προκλητικός desafiante, que constituye un desafío haastava ambitieux izazovan stimolante 挑戦的な 도전적인 uitdagend utfordrende ambitny desafiante побуждающий svår ที่ท้าทาย zorlayıcı đầy thách thức 有挑战性的

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