claro – Spanish adjective declension

Spanish adjective forms of claro

Adjective: claro

Hyphenation: cla‧ro
Singular m.claro
Singular f.clara
Plural m.claros
Plural f.claras

Sample Sentences

  • alto y claro (loud and clear)
  • 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. [2015 September 17, Teresa Sánchez Ravina, “Senegal se pone las pilas con la planificación familiar”, in El País, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2018:]
  • moreno claro (light brown)
  • luz clara (bright light)

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-rós
4. Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós
5. Proto-Italic *klāros
6. Latin clārus
7. Old Spanish claro
8. Spanish claro
9. Inherited from Old Spanish claro, from Latin clārus. The conservation of Latin /kl-/ is uncommon, with *llaro being the expected outcome. Compare clavo (“nail”) for a similar situation. See: Latin Adjectives 'clārus'.

Verbs referencing "claro"

English Adjectives clear.

Translations