dureza
Spanish, noun/duˈɾeθa/
dureza is spelled D-U-R-E-Z-A (6 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,111th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dureza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hardness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El estado o cualidad de ser duro”.
What does dureza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehardness
- 2
femininearduousness
- 3
feminineharshness
- 4
femininetoughness, hardiness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El estado o cualidad de ser duro. 2. Cualidad del agua asociada a la cantidad de sales que tiene disueltas, en especial sulfato de calcio o bicarbonato. 3. Resistencia de un material a ser rallado por otro material. 4. Resistencia de un metal al corte, o perforación, o abrasión o deformación.
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 dureza
- durezas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dureza?
- /duˈɾeθa/
- [d̪uˈɾe.θa]
- /duˈɾesa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dureza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dureza in Spanish?
dureza appears 4.9 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).