osso duro de roer
Portuguese, noun
osso duro de roer is spelled O-S-S-O-D-U-R-O-D-E-R-O-E-R (14 letters). Osso duro de roer is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hard nut to crack (problem that is challenging to solve)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does osso duro de roer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehard nut to crack (problem that is challenging to solve)
- 2
masculinehard nut to crack (situation, person, group, etc. which is difficult to overcome or deal with)
- 3
masculinea brave or hardy person or organisation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. pessoa difícil de submeter, de se obter uma vitória sobre
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 osso duro de roer
- ossos duros de roer plural
- metaphonic plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).