durillo

Spanish

Etymology

From duro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /duˈɾiʝo/ [d̪uˈɾi.ʝo]

• 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)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (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:

     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

• “durillo”, 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