durillo

Spanish

Etymology

From duro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

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

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: du‧ri‧llo

Adjective

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

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)

laurestine (Viburnum tinus)
Synonym of cornejo
(numismatics) Synonym of doblilla

Further reading

“durillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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