clarear

v.

1 to light up.

2 to clear up, to brighten up.

saldremos cuando claree we'll go out when it clears up

3 to dawn, to break day.

Clareó luego de una interminable noche It dawned after an endless night.

4 to get clear, to clear, to lighten, to light up.

Clareó luego de una terrible tempestad It got clear after a terrible storm

5 to dawn upon.

Nos clareó el significado The meaning dawned upon us.

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clarear

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar claridad) to light up, illuminate

2 (aclarar un color) to make lighter

■ tienes que clarear ese azul you have to make that blue lighter

► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd pers; it does not take a subject )

1 (amanecer) to dawn

2 (despejar el cielo) to clear up

► verbo pronominal clarearse

1 (transparentarse) to let the light through, be transparent

2 figurado (delatarse) to give oneself away

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1. VI

1) (Meteo) (=despejarse) to clear up

2) [al amanecer] [día] to dawn, break; [cielo] to grow light

ya empieza a clarear — it's starting to get light now

3) (=escasear)

con la altura el monte ya clarea — as you go up the vegetation becomes more sparse

ya le empieza a clarear el pelo — he's beginning to lose his hair

4) (=transparentarse) [tela] to be transparent

ya empiezan a clarearle las sienes — he's beginning to go grey at the temples

2.

VT (=iluminar) to light up; (=aclarar) to make lighter

3.

See:

clarearse

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1.

verbo impersonal

a) (amanecer)

estaba clareando — it was getting light o day was breaking

b) (Meteo)

comenzó a clarear — the sky/the clouds began to clear

2.

clarear vi (pelo) to go gray*/white

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1.

verbo impersonal

a) (amanecer)

estaba clareando — it was getting light o day was breaking

b) (Meteo)

comenzó a clarear — the sky/the clouds began to clear

2.

clarear vi (pelo) to go gray*/white

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clarear [A1 ]

v impers

1

(amanecer): clareaba cuando se pusieron en camino it was getting light o day was breaking when they set out

2 (Meteo):

comenzó a clarear the sky/the clouds began to clear

vi

to go gray*/white

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clarear (conjugate clarear) v impers

a) (amanecer):

◊ estaba clareando it was getting light o day was breaking

b) (Meteo):

◊ comenzó a clarear the sky/the clouds began to clear

verbo intransitivo [pelo] to go gray^{(conjugate gray)}/white
clarear verbo intransitivo
1 (despuntar el alba) to dawn
2 (despejarse el cielo) to clear up
3 (perder tupidez o intensidad de color) to wear thin, become transparent
'clarear' also found in these entries:
English:
thin out
- dawn

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clarear

♦ vt

to light up

♦ v impersonal

1. [amanecer]

empezaba a clarear dawn was breaking

2. [despejarse] to clear up, to brighten up;

saldremos cuando claree we'll go out when it clears up

♦ See also the pronominal verb clarearse

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clarear

v/i del cielo get light;

al clarear el día at daybreak

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clarear v impers

1) : to clear, to clear up

2) : to get light, to dawn

clarear vi

: to go gray, to turn white

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clarear vb to get light