durar
Spanish, verb/duˈɾaɾ/
durar is spelled D-U-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,402nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durar is a Spanish verb meaning “to last” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Continuar siendo, seguir existiendo, mantenerse en el mismo estado, permanecer en la misma situación…”.
What does durar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to last
Un partido de fútbol dura 90 minutos.
- 2
to take time
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Continuar siendo, seguir existiendo, mantenerse en el mismo estado, permanecer en la misma situación, desarrollarse en el tiempo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of durar
- duro first-person present singular
- duré first-person preterite singular
- durado participle past
- durando gerund
- durada feminine participle past
- durados masculine participle past
- duradas feminine participle past
- duras indicative informal present
- durás indicative informal present
- dura indicative present singular
- duramos first-person indicative plural
- duráis indicative plural present
- duran indicative plural present
- duraba first-person imperfect indicative
- durabas imperfect indicative second-person
- durábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- durabais imperfect indicative plural
- duraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce durar?
- /duˈɾaɾ/
- [d̪uˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to durar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is durar in Spanish?
durar appears 9.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).