claro
English
Galician
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklaː.roː/, [ˈkɫaː.roː]
Verb
clārō (present infinitive clārāre, perfect active clārāvī, supine clārātum); first conjugation
- I brighten, lighten or illuminate
- I clarify (make clear, explain)
Inflection
Descendants
- Albanian: qëroj
- Spanish: clarar
- French: éclairer
Adjective
clārō
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, 1883–1887)
- claro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkla.ɾu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkla.ɾo/
Adjective
claro m (feminine singular clara, masculine plural claros, feminine plural claras, comparable)
Quotations
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Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotations
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Quotations
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Synonyms
Quotations
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Antonyms
- claro que não
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin clārus, one of the few inherited words in Spanish to preserve the -cl- consonant cluster from Latin, which normally becomes -ll- in Spanish (compare also clavo)[1]. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Cognate with English clear, Danish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, German klar, Italian chiaro, Norwegian klar, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, and Swedish klar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklaɾo/
Adjective
claro (feminine singular clara, masculine plural claros, feminine plural claras) (superlative clarísimo)
Synonyms
- claro que sí
Antonyms
- claro que no