escuro

== Asturian == === Adjective === escuro neuter of escuru == Catalan == === Verb === escuro first-person singular present indicative of escurar == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese escuro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), scuro, oscuro, from Latin obscūrus. === Adjective === escuro (feminine escura, masculine plural escuros, feminine plural escuras) dark opaque === Noun === escuro m (plural escuros) darkness ==== Derived terms ==== polo escuro ==== Related terms ==== escuridade === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “escuro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “escuro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escuro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escuro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escuro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese escuro, scuro, oscuro, from Latin obscūrus. Doublet of obscuro. Compare Sicilian scuru. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uɾu Hyphenation: es‧cu‧ro === Adjective === escuro (feminine escura, masculine plural escuros, feminine plural escuras, comparable, comparative mais escuro, superlative o mais escuro or escuríssimo, diminutive escurinho) dark ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === escuro m (uncountable) dark ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Saramaccan: sugúu === Further reading === “escuro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “escuro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “escuro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “escuro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈkuɾo/ [esˈku.ɾo] Rhymes: -uɾo Syllabification: es‧cu‧ro === Adjective === escuro (feminine escura, masculine plural escuros, feminine plural escuras) obsolete form of oscuro === Further reading === “escuro”, 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