klara

See also: klára, klåra, Klara, Klára, and Klarą

Esperanto

Etymology

From English clear, clarity, French clair, German klar, Italian chiaro, Portuguese claro, Spanish claro, from Latin clārus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈklara]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: kla‧ra

Adjective

klara (accusative singular klaran, plural klaraj, accusative plural klarajn)

1. clear

   Antonym: malklara

   Ni esperas por klara tago por pikniki. ― We are hoping for a clear day to have a picnic.

Derived terms

• klare
• klarigi
• malklara
• pliklarigi

 

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto klara, from English clear, French clair, German klar, Italian chiaro and Spanish claro, ultimately from Latin clārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklara/
• Hyphenation: kla‧ra

Adjective

klara

1. clear
2. (figuratively) plain, evident
3. light (of colors)

   El havis klara blua okuli. ― She had light blue eyes.

Antonyms

• obskura
• nelimpida
• (2) konfuza

Derived terms

• klareskar (“to become clear”)
• klareso (“clearness, light, plainness”)
• klarigar (“to clarify, make clear, elucidate”)
• klarobskuro (“chiaroscuro”)
• klarvido (“clear sightedness, clairvoyance”)

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• klaret (Verb 1)
• klarte (simple past, Verbs 1 & 2)
• klart (past participle, Verbs 1 & 2)

Verb

klara

1. simple past of klare (Verb 1)
2. past participle of klare (Verb 1)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

klara

1. alternative form of klare

Old Norse

Noun

klara

1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of karl

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklara/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: kla‧ra

Noun

klara f

1. sun

Further reading

• klara in silling.org

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

klara

1. inflection of klar:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

klara (present klarar, preterite klarade, supine klarat, imperative klara)

1. to manage (to), to succeed in doing

   Klarar du av att dra tredjeroten ur 1331 utan att använda räknaren?

   Can you manage to calculate the cubic root of 1331 without using the calculator?

2. (reflexive) to avoid being injured in an accident

   Lyckligtvis klarade sig alla utan skador då bilen for av vägen.

   Happily no one was injured when the car went off the road.

3. (reflexive) make do, get by

   Vi har knappt med pengar, så vi får klara oss med vad vi har.

   We are short of money, so we will have to make do with what we have.

Conjugation

Conjugation of klara (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	klara		klaras
Supine	klarat		klarats
Imperative	klara		—
Imper. plural1	klaren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	klarar	klarade	klaras	klarades
Ind. plural1	klara	klarade	klaras	klarades
Subjunctive2	klare	klarade	klares	klarades
	Participles
Present participle	klarande
Past participle	klarad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• avklara
• förklara
• klara av
• klara upp
• klara ut
• uppklara

 

See also

• klara, färdiga, gå

References

• klara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lakar