• dur

Akin to Spanish duro, from Latin dūrus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduɾo/
• Syllabification: du‧ro
• Rhymes: -uɾo

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

1. hard

• “duro”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

duro

1. first-person singular present indicative of durar

Borrowed from Spanish duro.

duro m (plural duros)

1. (colloquial, historical) coin worth 5 pesetas

duro

1. first-person singular present indicative of durar

• “duro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

From Old Galician-Portuguese 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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈduɾʊ]

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

1. hard; rigid

   Antonyms: brando, mol

2. tough, harsh

   John Wayne representaba o arquetípico tipo duro ― John Wayne played the archetypical tough guy part

3. hard, tough (difficult)

   Synonym: difícil

   • 2019 August 13, Ruth Fernández, “A lembranza dos avós”, in Galicia Hoxe‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 October 2019:

     É moi duro dicir adeus, ese adeus para sempre que desgarra o corazón.

     It's very hard to say goodbye, that goodbye forever that breaks your heart.

• durar
• dureza

duro

1. hard (with much force or effort)

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “duro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “duro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “duro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “duro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “duro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “duro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

duro

1. first-person singular present indicative of durar

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ro/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: dù‧ro

duro (feminine dura, masculine plural duri, feminine plural dure, superlative durissimo)

1. hard
2. tough, harsh
3. stringy (of food)
4. full-size
5. (vulgar, slang, referring to a penis) erect

• sodo
• solido
• turgido
• dritto
• eretto

• molle
• morbido
• moscio
• flaccido

• durare
• durezza

duro

1. first-person singular present indicative of durare

duro m (plural duri)

1. hardness

• udrò

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈduː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈduː.ro]

From dūrus (“hard”) +‎ -ō (denominative).

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

1. (transitive) to harden, make hard

   Synonym: obdūrō

   Antonyms: lēniō, dēlēniō, commītigō, mītigō, levō, allevō, alleviō

2. (intransitive) to last or endure

   Synonyms: maneō, cōnsistō, obdūrō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.207:

     Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis.

     Endure, and preserve yourselves for better things.

3. to dry

   Synonyms: siccō, coquō

   Antonyms: rigō, imbuō, perfundō

4. (Medieval Latin) to extend (to)
5. (transitive) to make insensible, dull, blunt
6. (transitive) to bear, endure, resist

   Synonyms: tolerō, sufferō, perferō, sustineō, admittō, perpetior, subeō, recipiō, accipiō, sinō, patiō, sustentō, ferō

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• dūrātiō
• ēdūrō
• indūrō
• obdūrō

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dūrus

• “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
• "durare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “duro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “durable”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC..

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: du‧ro

From Old Galician-Portuguese 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”).

duro (feminine dura, masculine plural duros, feminine plural duras, comparable, comparative mais duro, superlative o mais duro or duríssimo)

1. hard (resistant to pressure; not soft)
   • 1910, João Simões Lopes Neto, “No mais duro pau d'espinho”, in Cancioneiro Guasca:

     No mais duro pau d'espinho / Nasce uma rosa fragrante, / Quem não tem peito valoroso / Não conquista a lei de amante.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. hard (difficult; not easy)
   • 1899, Machado de Assis, chapter XX, in Dom Casmurro, Rio de Janeiro: H. Garnier, Livreiro-Editor:

     Era muito duro subir uma ladeira de joelhos; devia feril-os por força. A Terra-Santa ficava muito longe. As missas eram numerosas, podiam empenhar-me outra vez a alma....

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1927, Humberto de Campos, “O escravo coroado”, in O Brasil Anedótico:

     — Ah, meu senhor grande, — lamentava-se o mísero, — como é duro ser escravo!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. unrelenting, unfriendly, severe, brutal, harsh
   • 1890, Aluizio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

     Proprietário e estabelecido por sua conta, o rapaz atirou-se à labutação ainda com mais ardor, possuindo-se de tal delírio de enriquecer, que afrontava resignado as mais duras provações.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 13th c., “Don Beeito, home duro”, João Airas de Santiago (lyrics)‎^[2]:

     Don Beeito, home duro, / foi beijar pelo obscuro / a mia senhor.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (Brazil, colloquial) broke, penniless (with little or no money)

   Synonyms: limpo, liso, teso

5. (colloquial, of a penis) erect

• duramente

• durar
• dureza

duro (comparable, comparative mais duro, superlative o mais duro)

1. hard

   Ele trabalha duro.

   He works hard.

• “duro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “duro”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “duro”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “duro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “duro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “duro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

duro

1. first-person singular present indicative of durar

• “duro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈduɾo/ [ˈd̪u.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: du‧ro

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.

duro (feminine dura, masculine plural duros, feminine plural duras, superlative durísimo)

1. hard (not soft)

   Antonym: blando

   Ponlo sobre una superficie dura.

   Put it on a hard surface.

2. firm, solid
3. hard, difficult

   Le traté de advertir que el posgrado iba a ser duro.

   I tried warning him that postgrad would be difficult.

4. resilient, strong, tough
5. harsh, cruel, severe

   régimen conservador duro ― harsh conservative regime

6. unbearable, heavy
7. rude, offensive
8. mean, stingy, ungenerous
9. rough, uncouth
10. stiff, rigid
11. (of a penis or person with a penis) hard, erect
12. (cooking) hard-boiled
13. (slang) hardcore
14. (pornography) hardcore
15. (Mexico) drunk, tipsy

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho

duro m (plural duros)

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

   Coordinate term: pela

• faltar el canto de un duro (“to be a close shave, to be a close call”)
• no importar lo duro, no importar cuan duro (“no matter how hard”)
• nadie da duros a pesetas (“you get what you pay for”)
• jugar duro (“to play hardball”)

• → Catalan: duro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

duro

1. first-person singular present indicative of durar

• “duro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• rudo, urdo

Compare turo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈduɾoʔ/ [ˈd̪uː.ɾoʔ]
• Rhymes: -uɾoʔ
• Syllabification: du‧ro

durò (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜇᜓ)

1. act of pricking something with a pin (or another pointed instrument)

   Synonyms: pagduro, pagtusok, pagturok

2. puncture; prick (made by a sharp point)
3. poking with one's finger (especially with condescension)
4. (figurative) condescension toward someone (especially accompanied by finger-pointing)

• dúó (Oǹdó)

• IPA^(key): /dú.ɾó/

dúró

1. (intransitive) to wait

   Ìyá mi ń dúró dè wọ́n. ― My mum's waiting for them.

2. (intransitive) to stay

   Lásìkò kòrónà yìí a gbọ́dọ̀ dúró sílé. ― In these corona times we must stay at home.

3. (intransitive) to stand

   Ó dúró bí igi. ― It stood like a tree.

   Òdòdó róòsù dúró fún ìfẹ́. ― The rose stands for love.

• used with dè (for)

• dá dúró
• ìdúró
• dúró ṣinṣin
• dúró gbọn-in gbọn-in

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