Italian | English |
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duro adjective | erect(vertical in position) harsh [harsher, harshest](severe or cruel) severe [severer, severest](very bad or intense) stark [starker, starkest]((obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate) stern [sterner, sternest](having a hardness and severity of nature or manner) stiff [stiffer, stiffest](colloquial: harsh, severe) tough [tougher, toughest](difficult to chew) |
duro noun {m} | macho man(masculine man) tough [toughs]noun |
duro adjective {m} | hard [harder, hardest](resistant to pressure) |
duro colpo noun {m} | whammy(a serious or devastating setback) |
durona noun {f} | clingstone(stone fruit) |
durone noun {m} | corn [corns](type of callus) |
cianammiduro noun {m} | cyanimidenoun |
Dorsoduro proper noun | Dorsoduro(sestieri of Venice) |
grano duro noun {m} | durum wheat(hard variety of wheat) |
ioduro noun {m} | iodide [iodides](binary compound) |
osso duro noun {m} | tall order(big job, difficult challenge) tough cookie(person who can endure physical or mental hardship) |
palato duro noun {m} | hard palate [hard palates](tissue) |
quando il gioco si fa duro phrase | when the going gets tough, the tough get going(in difficult times the strong-willed take action) |
segno duro noun {m} | hard sign(Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ") |
tenere duro verb | stick to one's guns(to maintain one's viewpoint when faced with opposition) |
tetraioduro noun {m} | tetraiodide(an iodide with four iodine atoms) |
tetraioduro di carbonio noun | carbon tetraiodide(the halogenated hydrocarbon tetraiodomethane) |