duraron

Duraron is the third-person plural preterite form of the Spanish verb durar, meaning "to last" or "to endure." As a regular -ar verb form, it follows the standard preterite endings, with -aron used for the ellos/ellas/ustedes subject in the past.

It is used to describe a complete duration of time that occurred and ended in the past. Examples include: Las clases duraron dos horas (The classes lasted two hours) and Las vacaciones duraron tres semanas (The vacation lasted three weeks). Because it denotes a finished span, duraron typically appears in narratives or reports about past events.

In contrast to the preterite, the imperfect form duraban describes ongoing or habitual durations in the past, such as Las clases duraban dos horas cada día (The classes lasted two hours every day) to emphasize a repeated or prolonged setting rather than a single completed period.

Etymologically, durar comes from Latin durare, meaning to endure or last. In modern Spanish, duraron is one of several forms used to convey elapsed time in the past, and it is common in both written and spoken language for discussing the duration of events, situations, or experiences.