# durar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin dūrāre.

### Verb

durar (first-person singular indicative present duro, past participle duráu)
* to last, to endure

#### Related terms

* duración
* duru

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dūrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [duˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [duˈɾaɾ]

### Verb

durar (first-person singular present duro, first-person singular preterite durí, past participle durat)
* to last, to endure
* to persist
* to wear well, to stand the test of time

#### Usage notes

* 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.

#### Synonyms

* trigar

#### Related terms

* dur
* duració
* endurar

### Further reading

* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin dūrāre.

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* duración
* duradeiro

### References

* 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: ILG
* 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

### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan durar, from Latin dūrāre. Attested from the 12th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

durar
* to last, to endure

#### Derived terms

* durada

### References

* ↑ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 208.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin dūrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /duˈɾa(ʁ)/ [duˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /duˈɾa(ʁ)/ [duˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /duˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /duˈɾa(ʁ)/ [duˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /duˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /duˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /duˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /duˈɾa.ɾi/

### Verb

durar (first-person singular present duro, first-person singular preterite durei, past participle durado)
* to last, endure

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* duração
* duro
* endurar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dūrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duˈɾaɾ/ [d̪uˈɾaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: du‧rar

### Verb

durar (first-person singular present duro, first-person singular preterite duré, past participle durado)
* to last
    Un partido de fútbol dura 90 minutos.A football match lasts 90 minutes.
* to take time

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* lo que se aprende en la cuna, siempre dura

#### Related terms

* durabilidad
* durable
* duración
* duradero
* duro
* endurar
* perdurar

### Further reading

* “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