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5-letter words (3 found)

CAROL,CLARO,CORAL,

4-letter words (10 found)

ACRO,ALCO,ARCO,CALO,CARL,COAL,COLA,LOCA,ORAL,ORCA,

3-letter words (13 found)

ARC,CAL,CAR,COL,COR,LAC,LAR,LOR,OAR,OCA,ORA,ORC,ROC,

2-letter words (5 found)

AL,AR,LA,LO,OR,

You can make 31 words from claro according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of claro

claro lcaro calro aclro lacro alcro clrao lcrao crlao rclao lrcao rlcao carlo acrlo cralo rcalo arclo raclo larco alrco lraco rlaco arlco ralco claor lcaor calor aclor lacor alcor cloar lcoar colar oclar locar olcar caolr acolr coalr ocalr aoclr oaclr laocr alocr loacr olacr aolcr oalcr clroa lcroa crloa rcloa lrcoa rlcoa clora lcora colra oclra locra olcra crola rcola corla ocrla rocla orcla lroca rloca lorca olrca rolca orlca carol acrol craol rcaol arcol racol caorl acorl coarl ocarl aocrl oacrl croal rcoal coral ocral rocal orcal arocl raocl aorcl oarcl roacl oracl laroc alroc lraoc rlaoc arloc raloc laorc alorc loarc olarc aolrc oalrc lroac rloac lorac olrac rolac orlac arolc raolc aorlc oarlc roalc oralc

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Definitions and meaning of claro

claro

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

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

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
  2. clear, cloudless

References

  • “claro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “clar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “crar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “claro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “claro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “claro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) 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
Derived terms
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

  • 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

Related terms

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]
  • 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

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: klaro
  • → Tagalog: klaro

Adverb

claro

  1. certainly, naturally, of course

Noun

claro m (plural claros)

  1. sunny spell
  2. clearing
  3. bald patch

Derived terms

Interjection

claro

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

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • “claro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

  • calor

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