/duˈɾaɾ/
#1780 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to last, to go on for
Word origin
From Latin durare ('to harden, to endure'), from durus ('hard'). The same root gives English 'durable' and 'endure'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- durare
- English cognates
- durable, endure
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular
Examples
.
The film lasts almost three hours.
.
I do not know how long this storm is going to last.
pilas .
The new batteries last much longer.
¡ !
How short-lived the joy was!
.
The journey went on all night.
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 36.