coloro

See also: coloró and colorò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlo.ro/
• Rhymes: -oro
• Hyphenation: co‧ló‧ro

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *eccum illorum, genitive(-dative) plural of *eccum ille, also the source of quello. Compare Romanian acelor and Old French celeur.

Pronoun

coloro (demonstrative plural)

1. they
2. them
3. those people

Related terms

• colui, colei
• loro

See also

• costoro

Etymology 2

Verb

coloro

1. first-person singular present indicative of colorare

Latin

Etymology

From color +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈloː.roː/, [kɔˈɫ̪oːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈlo.ro/, [koˈlɔːro]

Verb

colōrō (present infinitive colōrāre, perfect active colōrāvī, supine colōrātum); first conjugation

1. to color, tinge, imbue
2. to paint, dye

Conjugation

Conjugation of colōrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	colōrō	colōrās	colōrat	colōrāmus	colōrātis	colōrant
	imperfect	colōrābam	colōrābās	colōrābat	colōrābāmus	colōrābātis	colōrābant
	future	colōrābō	colōrābis	colōrābit	colōrābimus	colōrābitis	colōrābunt
	perfect	colōrāvī	colōrāvistī	colōrāvit	colōrāvimus	colōrāvistis	colōrāvērunt, colōrāvēre
	pluperfect	colōrāveram	colōrāverās	colōrāverat	colōrāverāmus	colōrāverātis	colōrāverant
	future perfect	colōrāverō	colōrāveris	colōrāverit	colōrāverimus	colōrāveritis	colōrāverint
passive	present	colōror	colōrāris, colōrāre	colōrātur	colōrāmur	colōrāminī	colōrantur
	imperfect	colōrābar	colōrābāris, colōrābāre	colōrābātur	colōrābāmur	colōrābāminī	colōrābantur
	future	colōrābor	colōrāberis, colōrābere	colōrābitur	colōrābimur	colōrābiminī	colōrābuntur
	perfect	colōrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	colōrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	colōrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	colōrem	colōrēs	colōret	colōrēmus	colōrētis	colōrent
	imperfect	colōrārem	colōrārēs	colōrāret	colōrārēmus	colōrārētis	colōrārent
	perfect	colōrāverim	colōrāverīs	colōrāverit	colōrāverīmus	colōrāverītis	colōrāverint
	pluperfect	colōrāvissem	colōrāvissēs	colōrāvisset	colōrāvissēmus	colōrāvissētis	colōrāvissent
passive	present	colōrer	colōrēris, colōrēre	colōrētur	colōrēmur	colōrēminī	colōrentur
	imperfect	colōrārer	colōrārēris, colōrārēre	colōrārētur	colōrārēmur	colōrārēminī	colōrārentur
	perfect	colōrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	colōrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	colōrā	—	—	colōrāte	—
	future	—	colōrātō	colōrātō	—	colōrātōte	colōrantō
passive	present	—	colōrāre	—	—	colōrāminī	—
	future	—	colōrātor	colōrātor	—	—	colōrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		colōrāre	colōrāvisse	colōrātūrum esse	colōrārī	colōrātum esse	colōrātum īrī
participles		colōrāns	—	colōrātūrus	—	colōrātus	colōrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		colōrandī	colōrandō	colōrandum	colōrandō	colōrātum	colōrātū

Derived terms

• colōrātus

Descendants

• Catalan: colorar
• French: colorer
• Italian: colorare
• Portuguese: colorar, corar
• Romanian: colora
• Sicilian: culurari
• Spanish: colorar, corlar

References

• “coloro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coloro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coloro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

coloro

1. first-person singular present indicative of colorar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈloɾo/ [koˈlo.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: co‧lo‧ro

Verb

coloro

1. first-person singular present indicative of colorar