duro
Portuguese, adjective/ˈdu.ɾu/
duro is spelled D-U-R-O (4 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duro is a Portuguese adjective meaning “hard (resistant to pressure; not soft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of durar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “difícil de quebrar ou de desfazer”.
What does duro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hard (resistant to pressure; not soft)
- 2
hard (difficult; not easy)
- 3
unrelenting, unfriendly, severe, brutal, harsh
- 4
Brazilcolloquialbroke, penniless (with little or no money)
- 5
colloquialerect
adverb
- 1
hard
Ele trabalha duro.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of durar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. difícil de quebrar ou de desfazer 2. rijo 3. sem dinheiro
adverb: 1. de maneira esforçada
interjection: 1. expressa conjuntado ao ato de tocar uma pessoa na brincadeira do duro ou mole, de que ela passa a ter de ficar parada no lugar em que se encontra
noun: 1. moeda espanhola
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 duro
- dura feminine
- duros masculine plural
- duras feminine plural
- mais duro comparative
- o mais duro superlative
- duríssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duro?
- Brazil /ˈdu.ɾu/
- Portugal /ˈdu.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duro in Portuguese?
duro appears 29 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).