tough - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Adjectives / Adverbs

tough  adj.   - difficult	difícil  m./f.
tough  adj.   - difficult	dificultoso, dificultosa
tough  adj.   - prone to violence	agreste  m./f.
tough  adj.   - strong, resistant	recio, recia
tough  adj.   also  [ENGIN.][GEOL.]   - difficult	duro, dura
tough  adj.   - difficult	férreo, férrea
tough  adj.   - difficult	inclemente  m./f.
tough  adj.   - difficult	laborioso, laboriosa
tough  adj.   - difficult	obstinado, obstinada
tough  adj.   - food, difficult to cut or eat	crudo, cruda
tough  adj.   - prone to violence	abrutado, abrutada
tough  adj.   - prone to violence	contumaz  m./f.
tough  adj.   - prone to violence	de carácter tenaz
tough  adj.   - prone to violence	rudo, ruda

Verbs

to tough sth. out

aguantar algo

Nouns

tough love (Amer.) [coll.]

mano dura [fig.]

Phrases / Collocations

Tough luck! [coll.]	¡Es lo que hay!
Tough luck! [coll.]	¡Mala suerte!
Tough shit! [coll.] [vulg.]	¡Es lo que hay! [coll.]
Tough shit! [coll.] [vulg.]	¡Mala suerte!
a tough row to hoe	un hueso duro de roer
a tough nut to crack [fig.]	tarea difícil
to be a tough customer	no tener pelos en la lengua [fig.]   - mujer

Examples

It will be a tough race. Each participant will have to give his or her best.

Será una competición dura. Cada participante tendrá que dar lo mejor de sí.

Orthographically similar words

bough, cough, dough, ought, rough, sough, though, touch, trough

Related search terms

troublesome, severe, sturdy, intricate, trying, laboured, rough, complicated, dry, robust, crude, stiff, tenacious, raw, demanding, husky, labored, rigorous, coarse, bitter