claro

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English

Noun

claro (plural claros)

  1. A cigar whose wrapper is very light tan or yellowish.

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Aragonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin clārus. Compare Spanish claro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaɾo/
  • Rhymes: -aɾo
  • Syllabification: cla‧ro

Adjective

claro (feminine clara, masculine plural claros, feminine plural claras)

  1. clear

References

  • claro”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Adjective

claro

  1. neuter of claru

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese claro, craro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin clārus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

claro (feminine clara, masculine plural claros, feminine plural claras)

  1. clear, light
    • 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 152:
      huas contas huun calçadonyo et trage hua pedrelina preta que trage figura d'angeo engastoada en prata por sinal que andan en liña branqua et andan y cubellas de prata et moytos esterliins por sinal que andan y pedra cristal rredonda moy crara.
      some bead; a chalcedony; and brings a black stone that brings the figure of an angel set in silver, as a signal, that are in a white cord; and there are some silver cups and many sterlings as a signal, and there is a round crystal stone, very clear
  2. clear, cloudless

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From clārus +‎ .

Verb

clārō (present infinitive clārāre, perfect active clārāvī, supine clārātum); first conjugation

  1. to brighten, lighten or illuminate
    Synonyms: incendō, lūstrō
  2. to clarify (make clear, explain)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Albanian: qëroj
  • Spanish: clarar
  • French: éclairer

Etymology 2

Adjective

clārō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of clārus

References

  • claro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • claro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • claro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • claro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clārus (clear; bright), displacing Old Galician-Portuguese craro.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aɾu
  • Hyphenation: cla‧ro

Adjective

claro (feminine clara, masculine plural claros, feminine plural claras)

  1. light (pale in colour)
  2. bright (luminous; not dark)
    Synonyms: brilhante, brilhoso, luminoso
  3. clear (without clouds nor fog)
    Synonyms: aberto, limpo
  4. clear (free of ambiguity or doubt)
    Synonyms: inambíguo, inequívoco
  5. clear (distinct; sharp; well-marked; easily perceived as a unit)
    Synonyms: agudo, distinto, nítido
  6. (of eyes) blue, green or grey
  7. evident (obviously true by simple observation)
    Synonyms: certo, evidente, óbvio

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Derived terms

Noun

claro m (plural claros)

  1. clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)
    Synonyms: clareira, vão

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Adverb

claro (comparable, comparative mais claro, superlative o mais claro)

  1. clearly (without ambiguity)
    Synonym: claramente

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Interjection

claro

  1. of course (indicates enthusiastic agreement)
    Antonym: claro que não

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin clārus, one of the few inherited[1] words in Spanish that maintain Latin /kl-/, which normally yields /ʎ/ (cf. also clavo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaɾo/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾo
  • Syllabification: cla‧ro

Adjective

claro (feminine clara, masculine plural claros, feminine plural claras, superlative clarísimo)

  1. clear
    alto y claroloud and clear
  2. light, bright
    Synonym: brillante

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Descendants

Adverb

claro

  1. certainly, naturally, of course

Noun

claro m (plural claros)

  1. sunny spell
    Lluvia por la mañana y apertura de claros por la tarde.
    Rain in the morning and sunny spells in the afternoon
  2. clearing
  3. bald patch

Derived terms

Interjection

claro

  1. of course; for sure; sure (indicates enthusiastic agreement)
    Synonym: claro que sí
    Antonym: claro que no

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “claro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 95

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