esclarecer

From es- +‎ claro +‎ -ecer.

• Hyphenation: es‧cla‧re‧cer

esclarecer (first-person singular present esclareço, first-person singular preterite esclareci, past participle esclarecido)

1. to clarify
2. to explain
3. to enlighten

• esclarecedor
• esclarecimento

From es- +‎ clarecer, from Latin clārēscere.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /esklaɾeˈθeɾ/ [es.kla.ɾeˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esklaɾeˈseɾ/ [es.kla.ɾeˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: es‧cla‧re‧cer

esclarecer (first-person singular present esclarezco, first-person singular preterite esclarecí, past participle esclarecido)

1. to clarify, to come to light
2. to get straight, to set straight

   esclarecer dudas ― clear up doubts

3. to bring out
4. to unravel

• “esclarecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28