The singular dura and the plural dure in the feminine and the singular duro and the plural duri in the masculine are Italian equivalents of the English word "hard." Context makes clear which form suits even though newbie language-speakers tend to choose the masculine singular no matter what. The respective pronunciations will be "DOO-ra" and "DOO-rey" in the feminine and "DOO-ro" and "DOO-ree" in the masculine in Italian.
"Hard-headed" in English is testa dura or testonein Italian.
"You are a hard-working woman!" in English is Sei una gran lavoratrice! in Italian.
stai lavorando sodo?
When translated from English to Italian a raccoon is a procione
"Out" in English is fuori in Italian.
"About" in English is circa in Italian.
"Or" in English is o in Italian.
"Not italian" in English is non italiano in Italian.
"To have" in English means avere in Italian.
"You did" in English is Hai fatto! in Italian.
"We had to..." in English is Abbiamo dovuto... in Italian.
Questa in Italian is "this" in English.