tough Pronunciation: /tʌf/Translate tough | into German | into Italian | into Spanish French translation of toughA. adj 1 [businessman] coriace; [criminal] endurci/-e; [policy, measure, law] sévère; [opposition, competition] rude a tough guy = un dur (fam) 2 (difficult) difficile 3 (robust) [person, animal] robuste; [plant, material] résistant/-e 4 [meat] coriace 5 (rough) [area, school] dur/-eB. excl (colloq) tant pis pour toi!tough in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of tough in the British & World English dictionary Definition of tough in the US English dictionary