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duro

Pronunciation: /ˈduɾo/

“duro” is a Spanish word. Its 16 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. hard (not soft)
  2. firm, solid
  3. hard, difficult
  4. resilient, strong, tough
  5. harsh, cruel, severe
  6. unbearable, heavy
  7. rude, offensive
  8. mean, stingy, ungenerous
  9. rough, uncouth
  10. stiff, rigid
  11. hard, erect
  12. hard-boiled
  13. hardcore
  14. drunk, tipsy

noun

  1. hardball (i.e. a no-nonsense attitude)
  2. coin worth 5 pesetas

In Spanish

  1. Dicho de un material o cosa, que no se puede deformar o rayar sin esfuerzo.
  2. Por extensión, rígido, que no se puede doblar fácilmente.
  3. Difícil de sobrellevar.
  4. Que no demuestra compasión o sensibilidad.
  5. Áspero o severo hasta la crueldad.
  6. Dicho del agua, rica en minerales de calcio.
  7. Que no cede o cambia de opinión fácilmente.
  8. Que ha consumido licor u otra sustancia hasta perder control de su coordinación, conciencia o lucidez.
  9. Moneda de cinco pesetas.
  10. Bebida dulce refrescante congelada (hecha hielo).
  11. Sin dudar, sin vacilación, con tenacidad, fuerza o violencia.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish duro, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic *dūros, from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-ró-s (“long”), from *dweh₂- (“far, long”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δηρός (dērós, “long”), Sanskrit दूर (dūrá, “distant, far, long”). Compare English dour & English durable.

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