oscuro
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish oscuro (“dark”). Doublet of obscure.
Noun
[edit]oscuro (plural oscuros)
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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
- obscure
- gloomy, sombre
- humble
Derived terms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]oscuro m (plural oscuri)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]oscuro
Further reading
[edit]- oscuro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin obscūrus. Cognate with English obscure.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “oscuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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