duro
Americannoun
plural
durosnoun
Etymology
Origin of duro
1825–35; < Spanish, short for peso duro hard piastre; see dure 1
Example Sentences
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Era el momento de ser duro, para que los estudiantes pudieran pasar del ámbito de los buenos al de los campeones.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022
They rely on their cheese blend — mozzarella, quesillo and crumbly Salvadoran queso duro — to bind ingredients, such as the carrots, beets and sweet potato in the superb “dulce” pupusa.
From Washington Post • May 9, 2022
Un joven ambicioso trabaja duro hasta convertirse en el director más importante de comedia musical de México.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2019
Lo que aprendí en Honduras se puede resumir en tres conceptos: fe, familia y trabajo duro.
From Time • Nov. 3, 2016
She had given him a duro, one of those white discs which, in that atheistic age, so rarely ascended that mountain trail!
From The Torrent Entre Naranjos by Goldberg, Isaac
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