hard

difícil, duro

Que cuesta hacer, entender o afrontar y requiere mucho esfuerzo.

En inglés sencillo: Difficult to do, understand, or deal with, and needing a lot of effort.

• This question is hard.
• It was hard to find a parking space.
• She has been through some hard times.

Cómo se usa: hard to do something (This word is hard to pronounce.); hard for someone to do something (It was hard for him to say goodbye.); find it hard to do something (I find it hard to sleep here.)

Sinónimos: difficult, tough

Antónimos: easy

Expresiones frecuentes: hard to do, hard question, hard work

duro

Que no cede fácilmente al presionarlo, doblarlo o romperlo.

En inglés sencillo: Firm and difficult to press, bend, or break.

• The floor is hard.
• This bread is too hard to eat.
• She slept on a hard mattress.

Sinónimos: firm, solid

Antónimos: soft

Expresiones frecuentes: hard surface, hard floor, hard bread

fuerte, duro

Que golpea o toca algo con una fuerza intensa y repentina.

En inglés sencillo: Having sudden, strong force when something hits or touches something else.

• He gave the door a hard kick.
• The plane made a hard landing.
• A hard blow broke her wrist.

Sinónimos: forceful, heavy, strong

Antónimos: gentle

Expresiones frecuentes: hard hit, hard blow, hard landing

sólido, concluyente

Basado en hechos comprobables que dejan poco lugar a dudas.

En inglés sencillo: Based on clear facts that can be checked and are difficult to doubt.

• We need hard evidence before making an accusation.
• She backed her argument with hard facts.
• There is no hard data to support the claim.

Sinónimos: solid, conclusive, reliable

Expresiones frecuentes: hard evidence, hard facts, hard data

duro, severo

Muy estricto, poco amable o sin muestras de cariño.

En inglés sencillo: Strict, unkind, or unwilling to show warm feelings.

• He was a hard man who rarely smiled.
• The teacher was hard on anyone who arrived late.
• Years of disappointment had made her hard.

Cómo se usa: be hard on someone (Do not be too hard on your little sister.)

Sinónimos: harsh, severe, unfeeling

Antónimos: kind, gentle

Expresiones frecuentes: hard heart, hard on someone, hard words

fuerte, de alta graduación

Que contiene una proporción elevada de alcohol.

En inglés sencillo: Containing a high amount of alcohol.

• He never drinks hard liquor.
• The shop sells wine and hard liquor.
• She avoided hard drinks at the party.

Sinónimos: strong

Expresiones frecuentes: hard liquor, hard drink, hard alcohol

mucho, duro, con fuerza

Poniendo mucho esfuerzo o aplicando mucha fuerza.

En inglés sencillo: Using a lot of effort or force.

• She works hard every day.
• He pushed hard, but the door stayed shut.
• We trained hard for the race.

Sinónimos: strenuously, forcefully

Expresiones frecuentes: work hard, try hard, hit hard

con dificultad, con esfuerzo

Superando dificultades y haciendo un gran esfuerzo.

En inglés sencillo: Through difficulty and great effort.

• His money was hard earned.
• Their freedom was hard won.
• The match was hard fought from the start.

Sinónimos: with difficulty

Antónimos: easily

Expresiones frecuentes: hard earned, hard won, hard fought