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duro

Spanish, noun

duro is spelled D-U-R-O (4 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,344th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hardball (i.e. a no-nonsense attitude)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of durar. With an accent, duró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of durar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Moneda de cinco pesetas”.

What does duro mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hard (not soft)

    Ponlo sobre una superficie dura.

  2. 2

    firm, solid

  3. 3

    hard, difficult

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

  4. 4

    resilient, strong, tough

  5. 5

    harsh, cruel, severe

    régimen conservador duro

  6. 6

    unbearable, heavy

  7. 7

    rude, offensive

  8. 8

    mean, stingy, ungenerous

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehardball (i.e. a no-nonsense attitude)

  2. 2

    Spaincolloquialmasculinecoin worth 5 pesetas

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of durar

verb

as duró
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of durar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dicho de un material o cosa, que no se puede deformar o rayar sin esfuerzo. 2. Por extensión, rígido, que no se puede doblar fácilmente. 3. Difícil de sobrellevar. 4. Que no demuestra compasión o sensibilidad.

noun: 1. Moneda de cinco pesetas. 2. Persona con poder, influencia o gran dominio de un área (geográfica, de la actividad humana o del saber). 3. Bebida dulce refrescante congelada (hecha hielo).

adverb: 1. Sin dudar, sin vacilación, con tenacidad, fuerza o violencia.

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 duro

  • dura feminine
  • duros masculine plural
  • duras feminine plural
  • durísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to duro

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is duro in Spanish?

duro appears 65 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).

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