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Asturian
Adjective
escuro
- neuter of escuru
Catalan
Verb
escuro
- 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)
- dark
- opaque
Noun
escuro m (plural escuros)
- darkness
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escuro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escuro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escuro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escuro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escuro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Obsolete form of oscuro.
Further reading