aclarar

/aklaˈɾaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to clarify, clear

💡💧 a-CLAR-ar = make claro (clear): same root as English clarify

From Latin clarus, clear, also the root of clarify and claret. To aclarar a doubt is to make it clear, and to aclarar a sauce or paint is to thin it out and make it lighter or clearer.

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