durar

Asturian

Etymology

FromLatindūrāre.

Verb

durar(first-person singular indicative presentduro,past participleduráu)

1. tolast,toendure

Conjugation

Conjugation ofdurar

infinitive		durar
gerund		durando
past participle		mduráu,fdurada,ndurao,mplduraos,fplduraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	duro	dures	dura	duramos	duráis	duren
	imperfect	duraba	durabes	duraba	durábemos,durábamos	durabeis,durabais	duraben
	preterite	duré	durasti,duresti	duró	duremos	durastis,durestis	duraron
	pluperfect	durare,durara	durares,duraras	durare,durara	duráremos,duráramos	durareis,durarais	duraren,duraran
	future	duraré	durarás	durará	duraremos	duraréis	durarán
	conditional	duraría	duraríes	duraría	duraríemos,duraríamos	duraríeis,duraríais	duraríen
subjunctive	present	dure	dures,duras	dure	duremos	duréis	duren,duran
	imperfect	durare,durara	durares,duraras	durare,durara	duráremos,duráramos	durareis,durarais	duraren,duraran
imperative		—	dura	—	—	durái	—

Related terms

• duración
• duru

Catalan

Etymology

InheritedfromLatindūrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[duˈɾa]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[duˈɾaɾ]

Verb

durar(first-person singular presentduro,first-person singular preteritedurí,past participledurat)

1. tolast,toendure
2. topersist
3. towearwell, tostand the test of time

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Conjugation ofdurar(first conjugation)

infinitive			durar
gerund			durant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		durat		durada
		plural		durats		durades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	duro	dures	dura	durem	dureu	duren
	imperfect	durava	duraves	durava	duràvem	duràveu	duraven
	future	duraré	duraràs	durarà	durarem	durareu	duraran
	preterite	durí	durares	durà	duràrem	duràreu	duraren
	conditional	duraria	duraries	duraria	duraríem	duraríeu	durarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	duri	duris	duri	durem	dureu	durin
	imperfect	durés	duressis	durés	duréssim	duréssiu	duressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	dura	duri	durem	dureu	durin
	negative(no)	—	noduris	noduri	nodurem	nodureu	nodurin

Synonyms

• trigar

Related terms

• dur
• duració
• endurar

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

FromOld Galician-Portuguese,fromLatindūrāre.

Verb

durar(first-person singular presentduro,first-person singular preteritedurei,past participledurado)

1. tolast
   • 1409,J. L. Pensado Tomé,Tratado de Albeitaria,Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page119:

     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 vezesduramoito 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 swellinglastsfor a long time; it then appears a piece of venomous flesh that reaches the bones, and pus or water comes out of it

2. toendure

Conjugation

Conjugation ofdurar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el/ela/Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	durar
Personal	durar	durares	durar	durarmos	durardes	duraren
Gerund
	durando
Past participle
Masculine	durado			durados
Feminine	durada			duradas
Indicative
Present	duro	duras	dura	duramos	durades	duran
Imperfect	duraba	durabas	duraba	durabamos	durabades	duraban
Preterite	durei	duraches	durou	duramos	durastes	duraron
Pluperfect	durara	duraras	durara	duraramos	durarades	duraran
Future	durarei	durarás	durará	duraremos	duraredes	durarán
Conditional	duraría	durarías	duraría	durariamos	durariades	durarían
Subjunctive
Present	dure	dures	dure	duremos	duredes	duren
Imperfect	durase	durases	durase	durásemos	durásedes	durasen
Future	durar	durares	durar	durarmos	durardes	duraren
Imperative
Affirmative		dura	dure	duremos	durade	duren
Negative(non)		nondures	nondure	nonduremos	nonduredes	nonduren

Reintegrated conjugation ofdurar(SeeAppendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti/tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	durar
Personal	durar	durares	durar	durarmos	durardes	durarem
Gerund
	durando
Past participle
Masculine	durado			durados
Feminine	durada			duradas
Indicative
Present	duro	duras	dura	duramos	durades,durais	duram
Imperfect	durava	duravas	durava	durávamos	durávades,duráveis,durávais1	duravam
Preterite	durei	duraste,durache1	durou	duramos	durastes	durárom,duraram
Pluperfect	durara	duraras	durara	duráramos	durárades,duráreis,durárais1	duraram
Future	durarei	durarás	durará	duraremos	duraredes,durareis	durarám,durarão
Conditional	duraria	durarias	duraria	duraríamos	duraríades,duraríeis,duraríais1	durariam
Subjunctive
Present	dure	dures	dure	duremos	duredes,dureis	durem
Imperfect	durasse	durasses	durasse	durássemos	durássedes,durásseis	durassem
Future	durar	durares	durar	durarmos	durardes	durarem
Imperative
Affirmative		dura	dure	duremos	durade,durai	durem
Negative(nom)		nomdures	nomdure	nomduremos	nomduredes,nomdureis	nomdurem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• duración
• duradeiro

References

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

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

FromOld Occitandurar,fromLatindūrāre.Attested from the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio(Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

durar

1. tolast,toendure

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		durar			averdurat
gerund		durant			use gerund ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense ofaver+ past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense ofaver+ past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense ofaver+ past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive ofaver+ 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			averdurat
gerund		durant			use gerund ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense ofaver+ past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense ofaver+ past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense ofaver+ past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive ofaver+ 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			averdurat
gerund		durant			use gerund ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense ofaver+ past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense ofaver+ past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense ofaver+ past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive ofaver+ 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			averdurat
gerund		durant			use gerund ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense ofaver+ past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense ofaver+ past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense ofaver+ past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive ofaver+ 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			averdurat
gerund		durant			use gerund ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense ofaver+ past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense ofaver+ past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense ofaver+ past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense ofaver+ 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 ofaver+ past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive ofaver+ past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			dura		durem	duratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

• durada

Portuguese

Etymology

FromOld Galician-Portuguese,fromLatindūrāre.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/duˈɾa(ʁ)/[duˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/duˈɾa(ʁ)/[duˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/duˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/duˈɾa(ʁ)/[duˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/duˈɾa(ɻ)/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/duˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/duˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/duˈɾa.ɾi/

Verb

durar(first-person singular presentduro,first-person singular preteritedurei,past participledurado)

1. tolast,endure

Conjugation

Conjugation ofdurar(SeeAppendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	durar
Personal	durar	durares	durar	durarmos	durardes	durarem
Gerund
	durando
Past participle
Masculine	durado			durados
Feminine	durada			duradas
Indicative
Present	duro	duras	dura	duramos	durais	duram
Imperfect	durava	duravas	durava	durávamos	duráveis	duravam
Preterite	durei	duraste	durou	duramos1,durámos2	durastes	duraram
Pluperfect	durara	duraras	durara	duráramos	duráreis	duraram
Future	durarei	durarás	durará	duraremos	durareis	durarão
Conditional	duraria	durarias	duraria	duraríamos	duraríeis	durariam
Subjunctive
Present	dure	dures	dure	duremos	dureis	durem
Imperfect	durasse	durasses	durasse	durássemos	durásseis	durassem
Future	durar	durares	durar	durarmos	durardes	durarem
Imperative
Affirmative		dura	dure	duremos	durai	durem
Negative(não)		nãodures	nãodure	nãoduremos	nãodureis	nãodurem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• duração
• duro
• endurar

Spanish

Etymology

InheritedfromLatindūrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/duˈɾaɾ/[d̪uˈɾaɾ]

• Audio(Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-aɾ
• Syllabification:du‧rar

Verb

durar(first-person singular presentduro,first-person singular preteriteduré,past participledurado)

1. tolast

   Un partido de fútboldura90 minutos.

   A football matchlasts90 minutes.

2. totaketime

Conjugation

Conjugation ofdurar(SeeAppendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			durar
gerund			durando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		durado		durada
		plural		durados		duradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	duro	durastú durásvos	dura	duramos	duráis	duran
	imperfect	duraba	durabas	duraba	durábamos	durabais	duraban
	preterite	duré	duraste	duró	duramos	durasteis	duraron
	future	duraré	durarás	durará	duraremos	duraréis	durarán
	conditional	duraría	durarías	duraría	duraríamos	duraríais	durarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dure	durestú durésvos2	dure	duremos	duréis	duren
	imperfect (ra)	durara	duraras	durara	duráramos	durarais	duraran
	imperfect (se)	durase	durases	durase	durásemos	duraseis	durasen
	future1	durare	durares	durare	duráremos	durareis	duraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		duratú durávos	dure	duremos	durad	duren
	negative		nodures	nodure	noduremos	noduréis	noduren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayanvoseoprefers thetúform for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms ofdurar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitivedurar	dative	durarme	durarte	durarle,durarse	durarnos	duraros	durarles,durarse
	accusative	durarme	durarte	durarlo,durarla,durarse	durarnos	duraros	durarlos,durarlas,durarse
with gerunddurando	dative	durándome	durándote	durándole,durándose	durándonos	durándoos	durándoles,durándose
	accusative	durándome	durándote	durándolo,durándola,durándose	durándonos	durándoos	durándolos,durándolas,durándose
with informal second-person singulartúimperativedura	dative	dúrame	dúrate	dúrale	dúranos	not used	dúrales
	accusative	dúrame	dúrate	dúralo,dúrala	dúranos	not used	dúralos,dúralas
with informal second-person singularvosimperativedurá	dative	durame	durate	durale	duranos	not used	durales
	accusative	durame	durate	duralo,durala	duranos	not used	duralos,duralas
with formal second-person singular imperativedure	dative	dúreme	not used	dúrele,dúrese	dúrenos	not used	dúreles
	accusative	dúreme	not used	dúrelo,dúrela,dúrese	dúrenos	not used	dúrelos,dúrelas
with first-person plural imperativeduremos	dative	not used	durémoste	durémosle	durémonos	durémoos	durémosles
	accusative	not used	durémoste	durémoslo,durémosla	durémonos	durémoos	durémoslos,durémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperativedurad	dative	duradme	not used	duradle	duradnos	duraos	duradles
	accusative	duradme	not used	duradlo,duradla	duradnos	duraos	duradlos,duradlas
with formal second-person plural imperativeduren	dative	dúrenme	not used	dúrenle	dúrennos	not used	dúrenles,dúrense
	accusative	dúrenme	not used	dúrenlo,dúrenla	dúrennos	not used	dúrenlos,dúrenlas,dúrense

Derived terms

• lo que se aprende en la cuna, siempre dura

Related terms

• durabilidad
• durable
• duración
• duradero
• duro
• endurar
• perdurar

Further reading

• “durar”,inDiccionario 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