Adjective: duro
Hyphenation: du‧ro
| Singular m. | duro |
| Singular f. | dura |
| Plural m. | duros |
| Plural f. | duras |
Sample Sentences
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Ponlo sobre una superficie dura. (Put it on a hard surface.)
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Le traté de advertir que el posgrado iba a ser duro. (I tried warning him that postgrad would be difficult.)
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régimen conservador duro (harsh conservative regime)
Adjectives inflected like duro
periurbano,
desestacionalizado,
cervantesco,
atomístico,
multígrafo,
meseteño,
arriesgado,
metafórico,
extintivo,
metafísico,
megadiverso,
autotrófico,
francoarenoso,
gibareño,
eslávico,
noviolento,
inescrupuloso,
fiduciario,
petromacorisano,
carpenteriano, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
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. See: Latin Adjectives '
dūrus', English Adjectives '
dour', English Adjectives '
durable'.
Verbs referencing "duro"
English Adjectives
dour.
Translations