Beauté, entraînement et rôle de sexe symbole

What does “avoir de la misère” mean in Quebec French?

Quebec French uses avoir de la misère (à) to mean “to have trouble” or “to have a hard time” doing something. J’ai pas de misère à croire (“I don’t have trouble believing it”), j’ai de la misère à comprendre (“I’m having a hard time understanding”). The Quebec sense surprises France French listeners, who associate misère with extreme poverty or wretchedness. France French would say j’ai du mal à for the same idea. The Quebec version is a reliable dialect tell, alongside en masse, écœurant (used positively in Quebec), and présentement (“currently”).

In this clip, a Quebec interviewer talks to a male model about training and body image: “J’ai tellement pas de misère à croire” (“I have no trouble at all believing it”).