🔹 Deverbal Nouns Ending in -dura

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The suffix -dura forms feminine nouns from verbs. It normally appears after the verb's thematic vowel:

Verbs ending in -ar use -adura (cerrar → cerradura).
Verbs ending in -er and -ir use -edura or -idura (morder → mordedura, hendir → hendidura).

These nouns normally express the result of an action and sometimes designate objects.

#	Spanish Noun	Noun in English	Infinitive Verb	Verb in English
1	cerradura	lock	cerrar	to close; lock
2	quemadura	burn	quemar	to burn
3	picadura	bite; sting; chopped mixture	picar	to bite; sting; chop
4	armadura	armor; framework; structural frame	armar	to arm; assemble
5	soldadura	welding; weld	soldar	to weld
6	mordedura	bite; bite wound	morder	to bite
7	hendidura	crack; cleft; groove	hendir	to split; cleave
8	ralladura	grated peel; zest; gratings	rallar	to grate
9	salpicadura	splash; splatter	salpicar	to splash; splatter
10	raspadura	scrape; scraping; scrapings	raspar	to scrape
11	abolladura	dent	abollar	to dent
12	torcedura	sprain; twist	torcer	to twist; sprain
13	empuñadura	handle; grip; hilt	empuñar	to grasp; hold; wield
14	herradura	horseshoe	herrar	to shoe a horse; brand
15	investidura	investiture; inauguration into office	investir	to invest; confer an office on
16	atadura	tie; binding; bond	atar	to tie; bind
17	rasgadura	tear; rip	rasgar	to tear; rip
18	cortadura	cut; incision	cortar	to cut
19	limadura	filings; metal filings	limar	to file; smooth
20	magulladura	bruise; contusion	magullar	to bruise
21	rajadura	crack; split	rajar	to crack; split
22	dobladura	fold; folding	doblar	to fold; bend
23	voladura	blasting; demolition	volar	to fly; blow up
24	desembocadura	river mouth; outlet	desembocar	to flow into; lead to
25	embocadura	mouthpiece; entrance; opening	embocar	to put into the mouth; enter an opening
26	pinchadura	puncture; flat tire	pinchar	to puncture; prick
27	quebradura	break; fracture	quebrar	to break; fracture
28	lastimadura	injury; wound; sore	lastimar	to hurt; injure
29	mojadura	wetting; soaking	mojar	to wet; soak
30	tomadura	taking; teasing	tomar	to take
31	lamedura	licking; lick mark	lamer	to lick

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