Esa metáfora no me resultó difícil, porque la profesora explicó el verso con calma.

That metaphor did not seem difficult to me, because the teacher explained the verse calmly.

Breakdown of Esa metáfora no me resultó difícil, porque la profesora explicó el verso con calma.

• con: with
• difícil: difficult
• esa: that
• la profesora: the teacher

Questions & Answers about Esa metáfora no me resultó difícil, porque la profesora explicó el verso con calma.

What does no me resultó difícil mean exactly?

It means something like I didn’t find it difficult or it didn’t seem difficult to me.

The verb resultar often expresses how something turned out or came across from someone’s point of view.

So:

• Me resultó difícil = I found it difficult
• No me resultó difícil = I didn’t find it difficult

It is a very natural Spanish way to talk about your experience of something.

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Why is me used here?

Me is the indirect object pronoun meaning to me.

Spanish often uses this pattern:

• resultar + adjective + a alguien
• or with a pronoun: me, te, le, nos, os, les

So:

• Esa metáfora no me resultó difícil = That metaphor was not difficult to me / I didn’t find that metaphor difficult

English often leaves out to me, but Spanish usually includes it.

Compare:

• No me resultó difícil = I didn’t find it difficult
• No resultó difícil = It didn’t turn out difficult in a more general sense, without saying for whom

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Why is the verb resultó in the preterite?