dureza

dureza f (plural dureces)

1. hardness

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin dūritia.

dureza f (plural durezas)

1. hardness

• durar
• duro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin dūritia.

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: du‧re‧za

dureza f (plural durezas)

1. hardness
2. toughness
3. consistency; firmness
4. insensibility
5. severity; harshness
6. vigour
7. (Brazil, colloquial) moneylessness; brokeness; penury

   Synonym: pindaíba

• duro

• “dureza”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin dūritia.

• IPA^(key): /duˈɾeθa/ [d̪uˈɾe.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /duˈɾesa/ [d̪uˈɾe.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: du‧re‧za

dureza f (plural durezas)

1. hardness
2. arduousness
3. harshness
4. toughness, hardiness

• “dureza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• rudeza