clarear

• clarexar, crarear, crarexar

From claro (“clear”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): [klaɾeˈaɾ]

clarear (first-person singular present clareo, first-person singular preterite clareei, past participle clareado)
clarear (first-person singular present clareio, first-person singular preterite clareei, past participle clareado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (impersonal, meteorology) to clear up; to stop being stormy, foggy or overcast

   Synonyms: abrir, escampar, estiñar

2. (impersonal) to dawn

   Synonyms: abrir, amencer, lumbrigar

3. (intransitive) to lighten (become brighter or clearer)
4. (transitive) to lighten (to make brighter or clearer)
5. (transitive) to rinse

   Synonyms: enxaugar, eslavar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “clarear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “clarear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “clarear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “clarear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From claro (“clear”) +‎ -ear. Compare Galician and Spanish clarear.

• Hyphenation: cla‧re‧ar

clarear (first-person singular present clareio, first-person singular preterite clareei, past participle clareado)

1. (intransitive) to lighten (become brighter or clearer)

   O tecido clareou.

   The fabric lightened.

2. (transitive) to lighten (to make brighter or clearer)

   O alvejante clareou o tecido.

   The bleach lightened the fabric.

3. (of the weather) to clear up; to stop being stormy, foggy or overcast

   Como o tempo clareou, podemos ir a pé.

   Since the weather cleared up, we can go by foot.

4. to clear (one's throat)

   Clareara a garganta antes de falar.

   He had cleared his throat before speaking.

5. to clear up; to clarify

   Preciso de uma explicação que clareie as minhas dúvidas.

   I need an explanation that clears up my doubts.

6. (intransitive, of the day or the morning) to break; to arrive

   Antes do dia clarear.

   Before the day breaks.

• (to lighten): clarejar
• (of the weather, to clear up): abrir, limpar
• (to clear one’s throat): aclarar, limpar a garganta
• (to clarify): aclarar, aclarear, clarificar, elucidar, esclarecer
• (to dawn): amanhecer, nascer, raiar

• (antonym(s) of “to lighten”): escurecer
• (antonym(s) of “of the weather, to clear up”): fechar
• (antonym(s) of “to dawn”): anoitecer, escurecer

• clarear as ideias

• claro

From claro +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /klaɾeˈaɾ/ [kla.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cla‧re‧ar

clarear (first-person singular present clareo, first-person singular preterite clareé, past participle clareado)

1. to clear
2. (meteorology) to clear up
3. to become thin; thin out (become scarce)

• “clarear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024