oscuro
See also: oscurò
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish oscuro (“dark”). Doublet of obscure.
Noun
oscuro (plural oscuros)
- A cigar made with very dark tobacco.
Coordinate terms
- claro
- colorado
- colorado claro
- colorado maduro
- double claro
- double maduro
- maduro
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈsku.ro/
- Rhymes: -uro
- Hyphenation: o‧scù‧ro
Etymology 1
From Latin obscūrus.
Adjective
oscuro (feminine oscura, masculine plural oscuri, feminine plural oscure, diminutive oscurétto)
- dark
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, Comedìa (Divine Comedy), Inferno, Canto I, 1-3:
- Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita- Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost (Translation: Longfellow (1867))
- Midway upon the journey of our life
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- obscure
- gloomy, sombre
- humble
Derived terms
- oscuramente
- scuro
Related terms
- oscurare
- oscurità
Noun
oscuro m (plural oscuri)
- darkness
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
oscuro
- first-person singular present indicative of oscurare
Further reading
- oscuro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Alternative forms
- escuro, obscuro
Etymology
From Latin obscūrus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /osˈkuɾo/ [osˈku.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -uɾo
- Syllabification: os‧cu‧ro
Adjective
oscuro (feminine oscura, masculine plural oscuros, feminine plural oscuras, superlative oscurísimo)
- dark (lacking light)
- dark (of a color, deep in hue)
- obscure, incomprehensible
- suspicious, unclear
Alternative forms
- obscuro
Derived terms
- a oscuras
- archibebe oscuro
- cámara oscura
- claroscuro
- cuarto oscuro
- Edad Oscura
- energía oscura
- materia oscura
- noche oscura del alma
- oscuramente
- oscurecer
- oscurísimo
- oscurito
- pasar de castaño oscuro
Related terms
- oscuridad
Further reading
- “oscuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014