escuro

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Asturian

Adjective

escuro

  1. neuter of escuru

Catalan

Verb

escuro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of escurar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escuro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), scuro, oscuro, from Latin obscūrus.

Adjective

escuro (feminine escura, masculine plural escuros, feminine plural escuras)

  1. dark
  2. opaque

Noun

escuro m (plural escuros)

  1. darkness

Derived terms

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese escuro, scuro, oscuro, from Latin obscūrus. Doublet of obscuro. Compare Sicilian scuru.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -uɾu
  • Hyphenation: es‧cu‧ro

Adjective

escuro (feminine escura, masculine plural escuros, feminine plural escuras, comparable, comparative mais escuro, superlative o mais escuro or escuríssimo, diminutive escurinho)

  1. dark
    • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 246:
      Então continuaram a estudar enquanto o céu lá fora se tornava gradualmente mais escuro.
      Then they continued to study while the sky outside was becoming gradually darker.

Noun

escuro m (uncountable)

  1. dark
    Eu tenho medo do escuro.
    I'm afraid of the dark.

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈkuɾo/
  • Rhymes: -uɾo
  • Syllabification: es‧cu‧ro

Adjective

escuro (feminine escura, masculine plural escuros, feminine plural escuras)

  1. Obsolete form of oscuro.

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