| hard | Porque trabajamos duro; os divertisteis. | 'Cause we worked hard; you had fun. |
| hard | La arena está pegando muy duro. | That sand's beginning to blow too hard. |
| hard | Debe ser duro verla tan abandonada. | Well, it must be hard to see it all neglected. |
| hard | Va a ser un camino duro. | You're going to have a hard time walking in those things. |
| hard | Como agradecimiento por nuestro duro trabajo. | As a thank you for all of our hard work. |
| hard | Está trabajando muy duro para encontrarte. | He is working very hard to find you. |
| hard | Entonces hazlo porque es algo duro. | Then do it because it is a hard thing. |
| hard | Así que trabajemos duro para construir buenas relaciones. | So, let's work hard to build good relationships. |
| hard | Debió ser muy duro ser una mujer tan talentosa. | Well, back then, it must have been very hard for a woman with her obvious talents. |
| hard | No trabajes muy duro oficial Wuornos. | Don't you work it too hard now, Officer Wuornos. |
| hard | Y sé que todo tu duro trabajo... | And I know all your hard work will net the results we've discussed... |
| hard | Es duro tener que grabarlo todo. | It's hard to have to record everything. |
| hard | He trabajado muy duro, intentando... | I've been working very hard trying to... |
| tough | Fue un poco duro fragmento está muy golpeado... | It's been a little tough going. Fragment's really beat up. |
| tough | Es excelente... hubiera sido un poco duro. | This is excellent... it would've been a little bit tough. |
| tough | Fue duro cuando visitaron La Caída. | I had a tough time with my oldest out at the drop off. |
| tough | Debió ser duro en su matrimonio. | That must've been tough on their marriage. |
| tough | Es duro escuchar todo situado así. | It's tough to hear it all hashed out that way. |
| harder | Marte trabajaba más duro para destruirla. | Mars worked even harder to tear it down. |
| harder | Jamás he trabajado más duro en algo. | Honey, I've worked harder on this than anything in my whole life... |
| hard, tough, resilient | El diamante es un material natural muy duro. | Diamond is a natural and tough (or: resilient) substance. |
| tough | Mi padre es un hombre duro y no me deja hacer nada. ¿No te parece que fuiste un poco duro con tu madre? Deberías disculparte. | Don't you think you were a bit tough on your mother? You should apologize. |
| tough, resilient | Mi abuela, que era una mujer dura, crió a sus siete hijos sin ayuda. | My grandmother, who was a tough woman, raised her seven children without any help. |
| stiff | El manubrio de la bicicleta no gira bien; está muy duro. | The bike handlebar is stiff; it won't turn. |
| hard, difficult | El tercer ejercicio del examen de geometría estaba duro. | The third exercise of the geometry exam was hard. |
| beggars can't be choosers | —Tendrás que conformarte con un pago de 50 dólares por este proyecto. —A buen hambre no hay pan duro. | - You'll have to make do with payment of 50 dollars for this project. - Beggars can't be choosers. |
| dimwitted, dense | Ese pobre joven es tan cerrado de mollera que no creo que entienda nada de física. | That poor young man is so dimwitted that I don't think he's got a clue about physics. |
| hit [sth] hard | Juan está dándole duro al jardín y plantando muchos árboles. | Juan is hitting the garden hard and planting lots of trees. |
| hard disk, hard drive | Tengo que llevar el disco duro de mi ordenador a reparar. | I have to take in my hard disk drive to be repaired. |
| hard to | Salir de la crisis económica es duro de lograr pero no imposible. | Recovering from an economic crisis is hard to do, but it's not impossible. |
| hard nut to crack | No pierdas tu tiempo que es duro de pelar. | Don't waste your time; he's a hard nut to crack. |
| hard nut to crack | Tengo que insistir más porque es duro de pelar. | I have to keep at it because is a hard nut to crack. |
| stingy, mean | No seas duro de pelar y comparte conmigo. | Don't be stingy and share with me. |
| hard to crack | El acusado dio unos argumentos duros de roer. | The accused presented arguments that were hard to crack. |
| a tough nut to crack | Pablo es un hombre duro de roer y nunca cambia de opinión. | Pablo is a tough nut to crack and always stands firm. |
| blow | La noticia fue un duro golpe para todos. | The news were a blow to us all. |
| it was nice while it lasted | Aunque fue bonito mientras duró, el fin de semana ya terminó y hay que volver a la rutina. | Even though it was nice while it lasted, the weekend is now over and we have to go back to the grind. |
| the revelry lasted until late at night, the revelry went on until the early hours | La juerga duró hasta las tantas; nadie quería irse a casa. | The revelry lasted until late at night; nobody wanted to go home. |
| not give a dime for [sth] | Después del accidente nadie daba un duro por su vida; pero ahí lo tienes, recuperado. | After the accident, no one gave a dime for his chances; but there he is, all better. |
| harsh | Es la verdad pura y dura, debes aceptarla. | It's the harsh truth and you ought to accept it. |