durar

From Latin dūrāre.

durar (first-person singular indicative present duro, past participle duráu)

1. to last, to endure

• duración
• duru

Inherited from Latin dūrāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

durar (first-person singular present duro, first-person singular preterite durí, past participle durat)

1. to last, to endure
2. to persist
3. to wear well, to stand the test of time

• The main difference between trigar and durar when used transitively is that the former signifies some event that one has to wait for, while the latter signifies an ongoing action.

• trigar

• dur
• duració
• endurar

• “durar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “durar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “durar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “durar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin dūrāre.

durar (first-person singular present duro, first-person singular preterite durei, past participle durado)

1. to last
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 119:

     ffazese nas costas do Cauallo hũa door que faz jnchaço grande et geerase daquel jnchaço carnes podres, et esto ven da sella que he maa ou do gran carrego que o preme moito, et aas vezes dura moito este jnchaço, fazese ende hũa peça de carne poçoenta que chega aos osos et sal vinino ou agooa.

     There appear in the sides of the horse an ache that produces a large swelling and that swelling creates rotten flesh, and this is because of the saddle, that is of poor quality, or from the large load that presses much, and sometimes this swelling lasts for a long time; it then appears a piece of venomous flesh that reaches the bones, and pus or water comes out of it

2. to endure

• duración
• duradeiro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “durar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “durar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “durar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “durar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “durar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “durar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “durar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Old Occitan durar, from Latin dūrāre. Attested from the 12th century.^[1]

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durar

1. to last, to endure

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		durar			aver durat
gerund		durant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		durat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	duri	duras	dura	duram	duratz	duran
	imperfect	duravi	duravas	durava	duràvem	duràvetz	duravan
	preterite	durèri	durères	durèt	durèrem	durèretz	durèron
	future	durarai	duraràs	durarà	durarem	duraretz	duraràn
	conditional	durariái	durariás	durariá	durariam	durariatz	durarián
	conditional 2nd form1	durèra	durèras	durèra	dureram	dureratz	durèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	dure	dures	dure	durem	duretz	duren
	imperfect	durèssi	durèsses	durèsse	durèssem	durèssetz	durèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			dura		durem	duratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		durar			aver durat
gerund		durant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		durat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	dure	dures	dura	duram	duratz	duron
	imperfect	durave	duraves	durava	duraviam	duraviatz	duravon
	preterite	durere	dureres	duret	durem	duretz	dureron
	future	durarai	duraràs	durará	durarem	duraretz	durarán
	conditional	durariá	durariás	durariá	durariam	durariatz	durarián
	conditional 2nd form1	durèra	durèras	durèra	dureram	dureratz	durèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	dure	dures	dure	durassiam	durassiatz	duron
	imperfect	duresse	duresses	duresse	duressiam	duressiatz	duresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			dura		durassiam	duratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		durar			aver durat
gerund		durant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		durat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	duri	duras	dura	duram	duratz	duran
	imperfect	duravi	duravas	durava	duràvam	duràvatz	duravan
	preterite	durèi	durès	durè	durèm	durètz	durèn
	future	durarèi	duraràs	durarà	duraram	duraratz	duraràn
	conditional	durarí	durarés	duraré	durarem	duraretz	durarén
	conditional 2nd form1	durèra	durèras	durèra	dureram	dureratz	durèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	duri	dures	dure	durem	duretz	duren
	imperfect	durèssi	durèsses	durèsse	durèssem	durèssetz	durèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			dura		durem	duratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		durar			aver durat
gerund		durant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		durat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	dure	duras	dura	duram	duratz	duran
	imperfect	durava	duravas	durava	duràvam	duràvatz	duravan
	preterite	durei	dureras	duret	durèram	durèratz	dureran
	future	durarai	duraràs	durará	durarem	duraretz	durarán
	conditional	durariá	durariàs	durariá	durariam	durariatz	durarián
	conditional 2nd form1	durèra	durèras	durèra	dureram	dureratz	durèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	dure	dures	dure	durem	duretz	duren
	imperfect	durèsse	durèsses	durèsse	durèssem	durèssetz	durèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			dura		durem	duratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		durar			aver durat
gerund		durant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		durat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	dure	dures	dura	duram	duratz	duran
	imperfect	duravi	duravas	durava	duràvem	duràvetz	duravan
	preterite	durère	durères	durèt	dureriam	dureriatz	durèron
	future	durarai	duraràs	durarà	durarem	duraretz	duraràn
	conditional	durariáu	durariás	durariá	durariam	durariatz	durarián
	conditional 2nd form1	durèra	durèras	durèra	dureram	dureratz	durèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	dure	dures	dure	durem	duretz	duran
	imperfect	durèsse	durèsses	durèsse	duressiam	duressiatz	durèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			dura		durem	duratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• durada

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin dūrāre.

durar (first-person singular present duro, first-person singular preterite durei, past participle durado)

1. to last, endure

• duração
• duro
• endurar

Inherited from Latin dūrāre.

• IPA^(key): /duˈɾaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: du‧rar

durar (first-person singular present duro, first-person singular preterite duré, past participle durado)

1. to last

   Un partido de fútbol dura 90 minutos.

   A football match lasts 90 minutes.

2. to take time

• “durar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10