duro
Asturian
Catalan
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese duro, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew-.
Pronunciation
audio (file) - Rhymes: -uro
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈduː.roː/
Adjective
dūrō
Inflection
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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
- duro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- durable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911..
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese duro, from Latin dūrus, 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)
- hard (resistant to pressure; not soft)
- hard (difficult; not easy)
- (of a person) unrelenting; unfriendly; severe; brutal; harsh
- (colloquial) with little or no money; hard up, broke, tapped out
- (informal, of a penis) erect
Inflection
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:duro.
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:durar.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduɾo/, [ˈd̪uɾo]
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish duro, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- (“hard, fest”). Compare English dour.
Adjective
duro (feminine singular dura, masculine plural duros, feminine plural duras) (superlative durísimo)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- importar un duro
- nadie da duros a pesetas
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Further reading
- “duro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.