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duramente

harshly, severely

adverb DOO-rah-MEN-teh Rare

Usage Note

Duramente is formed from dura (feminine of duro, 'hard') plus -mente. It describes actions done with severity or force: criticar duramente ('to criticise harshly'), golpear duramente ('to hit hard'). Note that duro as an adverb also exists (trabajar duro, 'to work hard'), which is more colloquial than duramente.

Examples

"El árbitro fue criticado duramente tras el partido."

Natural Translation

The referee was harshly criticised after the match.

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