dureza
Portuguese, noun/duˈɾe.zɐ/
dureza is spelled D-U-R-E-Z-A (6 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dureza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hardness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que é duro”.
What does dureza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehardness
- 2
femininetoughness
- 3
feminineconsistency; firmness
- 4
feminineinsensibility
- 5
feminineseverity; harshness
- 6
femininevigour
- 7
Brazilcolloquialfemininemoneylessness; brokeness; penury
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade do que é duro 2. qualidade do que não tem harmonia 3. rude 4. caráter do que custa a suportar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dureza
- durezas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dureza?
- Brazil /duˈɾe.zɐ/
- Portugal /duˈɾe.zɐ/
- Portugal /du.ˈɾe.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
dureza appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).