oscuro
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish oscuro (“dark”). Doublet of obscure.
Noun
[edit]oscuro (plural oscuros)
Coordinate terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Chavacano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Spanish oscuro (“dark”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: os‧cu‧ro
Adjective
[edit]oscuro
- alternative form of escuro
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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Spanish escuro, with influence from its etymon Latin obscūrus during the Golden Age.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /osˈkuɾo/ [osˈku.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia); [ohˈku.ɾo]: (file) - Rhymes: -uɾo
- Syllabification: os‧cu‧ro
Adjective
[edit]oscuro (feminine oscura, masculine plural oscuros, feminine plural oscuras, superlative oscurísimo)
- dark (lacking light)
- (of color) dark (deep in hue)
- azul oscuro ― dark blue
- obscure, unclear
- incomprehensible
- Synonym: incomprensible
- suspicious
- Synonym: sospechoso
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “oscuro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 318–319
Further reading
[edit]- “oscuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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