hardcore

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• /hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)/
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From hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: заклет (zaklet) — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Hungarian: megszállott — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Norwegian Bokmål: hardbarket — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Norwegian Bokmål: innbitt — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Norwegian Bokmål: svoren — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Portuguese: hardcore — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Spanish: esforzado — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Spanish: muy dedicado — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Swedish: inbiten — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Swedish: stenhård — having an extreme dedication to a certain activity
• Bulgarian: хардкор (hardkor) — particularly intense
• Chinese Mandarin: 硬核 (yìnghé) — particularly intense
• Polish: hardcore'owy — particularly intense
• Portuguese: punk — particularly intense
• Spanish: intensísimo — particularly intense
• Swedish: mäktig — particularly intense
• Swedish: intensiv — particularly intense
• Bulgarian: неизменим (neizmenim) — resistant to change
• Finnish: sitkeä — resistant to change
• Finnish: peräänantamaton — resistant to change
• Spanish: duro — resistant to change
• Spanish: resistente — resistant to change
• Spanish: renuente — resistant to change
• Spanish: acérrimo — resistant to change
• Spanish: incondicional — resistant to change
• Bulgarian: неприличен (nepriličen) — obscene or explicit
• Bulgarian: нецензурен (necenzuren) — obscene or explicit
• Norwegian Bokmål: hardcore — obscene or explicit
• Russian: неприличный (nepriličnyj) — obscene or explicit
• Slovene: nespodoben — obscene or explicit
• Slovene: nedvoumen — obscene or explicit
• Slovene: jasen — obscene or explicit
• Spanish: obsceno — obscene or explicit
• Spanish: explícito — obscene or explicit
• Bengali: হার্ডকোর পর্নোগ্রাফি (harḍokōr pornōgraphi) — of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration
• Finnish: kova — of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration
• Hungarian: kemény pornó — of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration
• Persian: هاردکور (hârd-kor) — of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration
• Spanish: duro — of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration
• Spanish: extremo — of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration
• Swedish: Hårdporr — of or pertaining to pornography that depicts penetration
• Bulgarian: хардкор (hardkor) — faster or more intense than the regular style
• Spanish: duro — faster or more intense than the regular style
• Spanish: violento — faster or more intense than the regular style
• Spanish: pesado — faster or more intense than the regular style
• Swedish: hård- — faster or more intense than the regular style
• Bulgarian: хардкор (hardkor) — hardcore punk or techno music
• Chinese Mandarin: 硬核 (yìnghé) — hardcore punk or techno music
• Marathi: हार्डकोर (hārḍkor) — hardcore punk or techno music
• Polish: hardcore — hardcore punk or techno music
• Portuguese: hardcore — hardcore punk or techno music
• Russian: хардко́р (xardkór) — hardcore punk or techno music
• Swedish: hardcore — hardcore punk or techno music
• Bulgarian: чакъл (čakǎl) — broken bricks, stone and/or aggregate