duro

Meaning

Adj

1. (comparable) hard (resistant to pressure; not soft)
2. (comparable) hard (difficult; not easy)
3. (comparable) unrelenting, unfriendly, severe, brutal, harsh
4. (Brazil,colloquial,comparable) broke, penniless (with little or no money)
5. (Brazil,colloquial,comparable) erect

Adv

hard

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of durar

Hyphenated as

du‧ro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdu.ɾu/

Etymology

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”).