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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. tough /tʌf/
  1. agg.
    1. (ruthless) [businessman] duro;
      [criminal] incallito;
      a ~ guy colloq. un (osso) duro
    1. (severe) [policy, measure, law] duro, severo;
      [opposition] tenace;
      [competition] duro;
      [criticism] aspro;
      to get ~ with sb. usare le maniere forti con qcn.;
      ~ talk parole dure
    1. (difficult) [conditions] difficile, duro;
      [problem, task] arduo;
      to have a ~ time doing trovare difficile fare;
      she’s having a ~ time sta attraversando un periodo difficile
    1. (hardy) [person, animal] robusto;
      [plant] resistente
    1. (durable) [material] resistente; spreg. [meat] duro, coriaceo
    1. (rough) [area] brutto, difficile;
      [school] duro
    1. colloq. (unfortunate) that’s ~! questa è scalogna!
      ~ luck! che sfortuna! (unsympathetically) peggio per te!
  1. n. (person) duro m. (-a)
  1. inter. colloq. peggio per te
locuzioni idiomatiche this meat is as ~ as old boots colloq. questa carne è dura come una suola di scarpa.
2. tough /tʌf/ tr. See→ tough out.
Phrasal verbs:
tough out colloq. ~ [sth.] out affrontare [situation];
to ~ it out reggere il colpo.

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Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
toughadj (robust)resistente agg
 robusto agg
The worker likes wearing jeans because they are so tough.
Al lavoratore piace indossare i jeans perché sono molto resistenti.
toughadj (hard to break, chew, cut)duro agg
The steak was too tough.
La bistecca era troppo dura.
toughadj (person: strong)tenace agg
 resistente agg
The football player was so tough that he played with a bruised leg.
Il calciatore era così tenace che ha giocato con una gamba contusa.
 
Additional Translations
toughadj (harsh)duro agg
The tough winters make Maine a difficult place to live.
Gli inverni duri rendono il Maine un posto difficile in cui vivere.
toughadj (difficult)duro agg
I had such a tough time in college.
Ho passato momenti molto duri all'università.
toughadj (person: difficult)difficile, duro agg
He is a tough person to work with.
Lui è una persona difficile con cui lavorare.
toughinterj (decision will not change) esclamazione di indifferenzaamen, pazienza inter
 esclamazione di indifferenzapeggio per te!, fatti tuoi!, problemi tuoi! inter
Tough! You will learn to live with it.
Pazienza! Te ne dovrai fare una ragione.
toughn colloquial (a thug)delinquente nm
 duro nm
There are some street toughs standing on the corner.
C'erano alcuni malviventi all'angolo della strada.
* Non hai bisogno di fare il duro con me, ti conosco.
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tough: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
get-toughche diventa difficile, duro
hang toughvi slang (not yield to sth)tener duro vi
make toughrafforzare v
tough as nails idiomatica: forte e determinato, che non lascia trasparire i sentimentiduro come una roccia
tough as nailsfreddo come la pietra
tough guy uno che maltratta i più debolibullo
tough guy persona duraduro
tough it outsopportare con coraggio
tough jobn informal (difficult task)lavoro duro, lavoro difficile nm
It's a tough job, but somebody had to do it.
tough lucksfortuna nera
tough nut idiomaticaosso duro
tough nut to crackn (sb hard to persuade) persona cocciuta, che non cambia ideatesta dura nf
Good luck getting him to agree, he's a tough nut to crack.
 cocciuto, testardo, testone agg
tough outsuperare, sopportare
tough policyn (harsh rule)regole severe nfpl
 regolamento severo nm
tough-lookingaspetto duro
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'tough' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'tough':
A tough act to follow
a tough competitor (athlete)
a tough family
a tough-looking computer, a leather executive chair
A Victorian house he's dubbed "The Devil Queen" -- or on tough days, "the house of pure evil
as tough as they come
Even tough
Going gets tough
going gets tough
I am having a tough time
I field as many tough customer calls as you do
I miss the support you give me through the tough times
in tough shape
It's rather harder to hold on to tough
It's time to get tough to Taiwan
rough and tough
She is a tough nut when it comes to romance.
taut and tough
that's a tough one!
this book is tough going
This is a bit of a tough crowd, today
This is very good work given the tough economies that we are
To get tough on thief
to put up a tough front
to talk up and act tough
tough calls
tough guy
tough laborer, brick layer
Tough Love
tough mothers
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