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claro

See also: Claro

English

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Noun

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claro (plural claros)

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

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin clārus. Compare Spanish claro.

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. clear

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

Asturian

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claro

  1. neuter of claru

Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklaɾo/ [ˈkla.ɾʊ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾo
  • Hyphenation: cla‧ro

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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

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Etymology 1

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From clārus +‎ -ō.

Verb

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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
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   Conjugation of clārō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present clārō clārās clārat clārāmus clārātis clārant
imperfect clārābam clārābās clārābat clārābāmus clārābātis clārābant
future clārābō clārābis clārābit clārābimus clārābitis clārābunt
perfect clārāvī clārāvistī clārāvit clārāvimus clārāvistis clārāvērunt,
clārāvēre
pluperfect clārāveram clārāverās clārāverat clārāverāmus clārāverātis clārāverant
future perfect clārāverō clārāveris clārāverit clārāverimus clārāveritis clārāverint
passive present clāror clārāris,
clārāre 		clārātur clārāmur clārāminī clārantur
imperfect clārābar clārābāris,
clārābāre 		clārābātur clārābāmur clārābāminī clārābantur
future clārābor clārāberis,
clārābere 		clārābitur clārābimur clārābiminī clārābuntur
perfect clārātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect clārātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect clārātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present clārem clārēs clāret clārēmus clārētis clārent
imperfect clārārem clārārēs clārāret clārārēmus clārārētis clārārent
perfect clārāverim clārāverīs clārāverit clārāverīmus clārāverītis clārāverint
pluperfect clārāvissem clārāvissēs clārāvisset clārāvissēmus clārāvissētis clārāvissent
passive present clārer clārēris,
clārēre 		clārētur clārēmur clārēminī clārentur
imperfect clārārer clārārēris,
clārārēre 		clārārētur clārārēmur clārārēminī clārārentur
perfect clārātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect clārātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — clārā — — clārāte —
future — clārātō clārātō — clārātōte clārantō
passive present — clārāre — — clārāminī —
future — clārātor clārātor — — clārantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present clārāre clārārī clārāns —
future clārātūrum esse clārātum īrī clārātūrus clārandus
perfect clārāvisse clārātum esse — clārātus
future perfect — clārātum fore — —
perfect potential clārātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
clārandī clārandō clārandum clārandō clārātum clārātū
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • French: éclairer
  • Italian: chiarare
  • → Albanian: qëroj
  • →? Spanish: clarar

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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clārō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of clārus

References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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

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  • Rhymes: -aɾu
  • Hyphenation: cla‧ro

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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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Noun

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claro m (plural claros)

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

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

  1. clearly (without ambiguity)
    Synonym: claramente

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claro

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

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:claro.

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklaɾo/ [ˈkla.ɾo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾo
  • Syllabification: cla‧ro

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

  1. clear
    alto y claro ― loud and clear
  2. light, bright
    Synonym: brillante

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Adverb

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claro

  1. certainly, naturally, of course

Noun

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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

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Interjection

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claro

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

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

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