claro

See also: 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

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

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “claro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “clar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “crar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “claro”, 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), “claro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “claro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklaː.roː/, [ˈkɫ̪äːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ro/, [ˈkläːro]

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

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		clārāre	clārāvisse	clārātūrum esse	clārārī	clārātum esse	clārātum īrī
participles		clārāns	—	clārātūrus	—	clārātus	clārandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		clārandī	clārandō	clārandum	clārandō	clārātum	clārātū

Derived terms

• acclārō
• dēclārō
• exclārō

 

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ɾu/, /kɨˈla.ɾu/

• 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

• clarear
• claro-escuro

 

Related terms

• aclarar
• claramente
• clarão
• clareação
• clareador
• clareamento
• clareante
• clareia
• clareira
• clareza
• claridade
• clarificar
• clarividência
• claror
• clarume
• clearado
• esclarecer

 

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/ [ˈkla.ɾo]

• 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

• a la clara
• a las claras
• archibebe claro
• claro como el agua
• claro está
• claro y oscuro
• claro y raspado
• claroscuro
• más claro que el agua
• poner en claro
• por lo claro
• tener claro

 

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

• clarito (diminutive)
• claro de luna
• de claro en claro
• miel de claros

 

Interjection

claro

1. of course; for sure; sure (indicates enthusiastic agreement)

   Synonym: claro que sí

   Antonym: claro que no

Related terms

• aclarar
• clara
• claramente
• clarear
• claridad
• clarificar
• claror
• claroscuro
• declarar

 

Further reading

• “claro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Anagrams

• calor