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/
• Syllabification: cla‧ro
• Rhymes: -aɾo

Adjective

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

1. clear

References

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

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cleru (Ayer, metaphonetic expression)

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

claro

1. neuter of claru

Alternative forms

• caro (colloquial)
• claru (Western)

Interjection

claro

1. of course

   Synonyms: vaivá, dende llueu, de cuntáu, por de cuntáu, guapamente

2. clearly, obviously, indeed

Further reading

• “claro”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• craro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “claro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “claro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “claro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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): [ˈkɫaː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈklaː.ro]

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		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

• acclārō
• dēclārō
• exclārō

Descendants

• French: éclairer
• Italian: chiarare
• → Albanian: qëroj
• →? Spanish: clarar

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, 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/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• 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.

Further reading

• “claro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “claro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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, easily understood

   alto y claro ― loud and clear

   • 2015 September 17, Teresa Sánchez Ravina, “Senegal se pone las pilas con la planificación familiar”, in El País‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 March 2018:

     Un ejemplo claro se ve en la tasa de prevalencia anticonceptiva, que en 2014 era del 20% en las zonas urbanas y del 7% en las zonas rurales.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (of color) light, pale (not dark in hue)

   Antonym: oscuro

   moreno claro ― light brown

3. bright (emitting much light)

   Synonyms: brillante, luminoso

   Antonym: oscuro

   luz clara ― bright light

4. clear, transparent

   Synonym: transparente

   Antonym: opaco

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

   Pues claro! ― Well 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 the crack of 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
• clarificación
• clarificar
• claror
• claroscuro
• declarar

Further reading

• “claro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• calor