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Spanish Word of the Day
Friday, February 21, 2014

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oscuro, adjective
dark

Oscuro is the opposite of claro in many contexts, and has the basic meaning of dark. Oscuro can refer to the absence of light, either literally:

una habitación muy oscura
a very dark room

or in a figurative sense:

la noche oscura del alma
the dark night of the soul

Oscuro also refers to dark colors:

un traje gris o azul oscuro
a dark gray or dark blue suit

Tiene el pelo castaño oscuro y grandes ojos oscuros.
He has dark brown hair and big dark eyes.

The mysterious dark matter that astronomers believe makes up most of the mass in the universe is materia oscura in Spanish.

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