Asturian

Verb

duro

1. first-person singular present indicative of durar

Catalan

Verb

duro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of durar

Galician

Adjective

duro m (feminine singular dura, masculine plural duros, feminine plural duras)

1. hard; rigid

Related terms

• durar
• dureza

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uro

Adjective

duro m ‎(feminine singular dura, masculine plural duri, feminine plural dure)

1. hard
2. tough, harsh
3. full-size
4. (slang) (referring to a ****) erect

Synonyms

• sodo
• solido
• turgido
• dritto
• eretto

Antonyms

• molle
• morbido
• moscio
• flaccido

Related terms

• dura madre
• duramente
• durezza
• durometro

Verb

duro

1. first-person singular present indicative of durare

Noun

duro m ‎(plural duri)

1. hardness

Anagrams

• udrò

Latin

Etymology

From dūrus ‎(“hard”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.roː/

Verb

dūrō ‎(present infinitive dūrāre, perfect active dūrāvī, supine dūrātum); first conjugation

1. I harden, make hard
2. I last or endure
   • Vergilius, Aeneis; Book I, line 207

     Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis.

     Endure, and preserve yourselves for better things.

Inflection

Descendants

References

• duro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• duro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “duro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• durable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese duro, from Latin durus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- ‎(“hard, fest”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ɾu/
• Hyphenation: du‧ro

Adjective

duro m ‎(feminine singular dura, masculine plural duros, feminine plural duras, comparable)

1. hard (resistant to pressure; not soft)
2. hard (difficult; not easy)
3. (of a person) unrelenting; unfriendly; severe; brutal; harsh
4. (colloquial) with little or no money; hard up, broke, tapped out
5. (informal, of a ****) erect

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:duro.

Inflection

Adverb

duro (comparative mais duro superlative o mais duro)

1. hard

   Ele trabalha duro.

   He works hard.

Verb

duro

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of durar

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:durar.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdu.ɾo̞]

Etymology

From Latin durus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- ‎(“hard, fest”).

Adjective

duro m ‎(feminine singular dura, masculine plural duros, feminine plural duras)

1. hard
2. firm, solid
3. tough, resilient, strong
4. cruel, severe, harsh
5. unbearable, offensive
6. mean, stingy, ungenerous
7. rough, uncouth
8. (Mexico) drunk, tipsy

Antonyms

• (hard): blando

Noun

duro m ‎(plural duros)

1. (Spain, colloquial) a coin worth 5 pesetas

Related terms

• dureza

Derived terms

• importar un duro

Verb

duro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of durar

Anagrams

• rudo, urdo