claro-escuro

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of Italian chiaroscuro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkla.ɾu.isˈku.ɾu/, /ˌkla.ɾu.esˈku.ɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌkla.ɾu.iʃˈku.ɾu/, /ˌkla.ɾu.eʃˈku.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkla.ɾo.esˈku.ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkla.ɾu.(i)ʃˈku.ɾu/

Hyphenation: cla‧ro‧es‧cu‧ro

Noun

claro-escuro m (plural claro-escuros or claros-escuros)

(painting) chiaroscuro (the use of exaggerated light contrasts)
Synonym: chiaroscuro

Further reading

“claro-escuro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“claro-escuro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026