oscuro

See also: oscurò and Oscuro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oscuro (“dark”). Doublet of obscure.

Noun

oscuro (plural oscuros)

1. A cigar made with very dark tobacco.

Coordinate terms

• claro
• colorado
• colorado claro
• colorado maduro
• double claro
• double maduro
• maduro

 

See also

• chiaroscuro

 

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /osˈku.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: os‧cù‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin obscūrus.

Adjective

oscuro (feminine oscura, masculine plural oscuri, feminine plural oscure, diminutive oscurétto)

1. 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))

2. obscure
3. gloomy, sombre
4. humble

Derived terms

• oscuramente
• scuro

Related terms

• oscurare
• oscurità

Noun

oscuro m (plural oscuri)

1. darkness

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oscuro

1. 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

Inherited from Latin obscūrus. Cognate with English obscure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /osˈkuɾo/ [osˈku.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: os‧cu‧ro

Adjective

oscuro (feminine oscura, masculine plural oscuros, feminine plural oscuras, superlative oscurísimo)

1. dark (lacking light)
2. dark (of a color, deep in hue)
3. obscure, unclear
4. incomprehensible

   Synonym: incomprensible

5. suspicious

   Synonym: sospechoso

Derived terms

• a oscuras
• archibebe oscuro
• cámara oscura
• claro y oscuro
• claroscuro
• cuarto oscuro
• Edad Oscura
• energía oscura
• estar a oscuras
• hocó oscuro
• materia oscura
• noche oscura del alma
• oscuramente
• oscurecer
• oscurísimo
• oscurito
• pardela oscura
• pasar de castaño oscuro

 

Related terms

• oscuridad

 

Further reading

• “oscuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16