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duro.

hard (resistant to pressure; not soft)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈdu.ɾu/Brazil/ˈdu.ɾu/Portugal
  1. hard (resistant to pressure; not soft)

    comparable
  2. hard (difficult; not easy)

    comparable
  3. unrelenting, unfriendly, severe, brutal, harsh

    comparable
  4. broke, penniless (with little or no money)

    Brazil · colloquial · comparable
  5. erect

    colloquial · comparable
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese duro, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic *dūros, from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-ró-s (“long”), from *dweh₂- (“far, long”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δηρός (dērós, “long”), Sanskrit दूर (dūrá, “distant, far, long”).

adv/ˈdu.ɾu/Brazil/ˈdu.ɾu/Portugal
  1. hard

    comparable
    Ele trabalha duro.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese duro, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic *dūros, from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-ró-s (“long”), from *dweh₂- (“far, long”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δηρός (dērós, “long”), Sanskrit दूर (dūrá, “distant, far, long”).

verb/ˈdu.ɾu/Brazil/ˈdu.ɾu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of durar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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