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duro

noun
du·​ro | \ ˈdu̇r-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce duro (audio) \
plural duros

Definition of duro

: a Spanish or Spanish American peso or silver dollar

Examples of duro in a Sentence

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Un joven ambicioso trabaja duro hasta convertirse en el director más importante de comedia musical de México. Los Angeles Times, "Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 Yo, por mi parte, sigo trabajando duro, no puedo hacerlo de otra forma. Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, "Recovering from another concussion, Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli denies report and says his ‘hope is to catch again’," 13 July 2019

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First Known Use of duro

1832, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for duro

Spanish, short for peso duro hard peso

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