duro
Meanings
Noun
1. hardball (i.e. a no-nonsense attitude)
2. coin worth 5 pesetas (Spain, colloquial, historical)
Examples6
Estamos sin un duro.
We're broke.
Estoy sin un duro.
I'm broke.
No te costará un duro.
It won't cost you a dime.
No tengo un duro.
I do not have any money.
Esta traducción no vale ni un duro.
This translation is not worth a red cent.
faltó el canto de un duro
it was a close shave/it was a close call