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

  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

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

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): /ˈkla.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: kla‧ra

Noun

klara f

  1. sun

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

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
present participle klarande
past participle klarad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

References

Anagrams