Meaning
to last
- to endure
In a sentence
Quanto dura il film stasera?
How long is the movie tonight?
La batteria del telefono non dura molto.
The phone battery doesn’t last long.
È durato poco, ma è stato bello.
It didn’t last long, but it was nice.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| durare | infinitive |
| duriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| duro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| durate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| duri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| durano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| dura | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| duravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| duravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| duravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| duravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| duravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| durava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| durammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| durai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| duraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| durasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| durarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| durò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| dureremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| durerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| durerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| durerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| dureranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| durerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| duriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| duri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| duriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| duri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| durino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| duri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| durassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| durassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| duraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| durassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| durassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| durasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| dureremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| durerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| durereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| dureresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| durerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| durerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| duriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| durate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| dura | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| durando | gerund |
| durato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'durare' for time-related endurance (e.g., 'la riunione dura due ore'). For physical objects, prefer 'resistere'.
- Avoid 'durare' for emotional endurance; use 'sopportare' or 'resistere' instead (e.g., 'non sopporto il caldo').
- Always takes 'essere' as auxiliary in compound tenses (e.g., 'la festa è durata tre ore').