claro

English

Noun

claro (plural claros)

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

Coordinate terms

• colorado
• colorado claro
• colorado maduro
• double claro
• double maduro
• maduro
• oscuro

See also

• claro-obscuro (different etymology)

Anagrams

• Carlo, Carol, Clora, Coral, carol, coral

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• clar (Belsetán)
• cllaro (Ribagorçan)

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

• craro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɾo̝/

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

References

• “claro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “clar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “crar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “claro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “claro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “claro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklaː.roː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ro/,

Etymology 1

From clārus +‎ -ō.

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:claro.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "pale in colour"): escuro
• (antonym(s) of "bright"): escuro, sombrio
• (antonym(s) of "without clouds or fog"): fechado, nublado
• (antonym(s) of "free from ambiguity or doubt"): ambíguo, dúbio, incerto, inclaro
• (antonym(s) of "distinct"): indistinto
• (antonym(s) of "of eyes, blue, green or grey"): escuro
• (antonym(s) of "evident"): duvidoso, incerto

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

claro m (plural claros)

1. clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)

   Synonyms: clareira, vão

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:claro.

Adverb

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

1. clearly (without ambiguity)

   Synonym: claramente

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:claro.

Interjection

claro

1. of course (indicates enthusiastic agreement)

   Antonym: claro que não

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:claro.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin clārus, one of the few inherited 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 claro ― loud and clear

2. light, bright

   Synonym: brillante

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Cebuano: klaro
• → Tagalog: klaro

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

Related terms

References

Further reading

• “claro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• calor