durillo

Spanish

Etymology

From duro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /duˈɾiʝo/ [d̪uˈɾi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /duˈɾiʎo/ [d̪uˈɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /duˈɾiʃo/ [d̪uˈɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /duˈɾiʒo/ [d̪uˈɾi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: du‧ri‧llo

Adjective

durillo (feminine durilla, masculine plural durillos, feminine plural durillas)

  1. diminutive of duro; very difficult
    • 2022 June 17, María Fernández, quoting Ignacio Rivera, “El salto mortal de Estrella Galicia”, in El País‎[1]:
      El segundo semestre de este año va a ser durillo, el mercado no está para muchas fiestas, van a subir los tipos…
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

durillo m (plural durillos)

  1. laurestine (Viburnum tinus)
  2. synonym of cornejo
  3. (numismatics) synonym of doblilla

Further reading

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