clareará

Clareará is a Portuguese verb form that functions as the third-person singular in the future indicative of clarear. Clarear means to make something clear or to clarify, and it can also mean to brighten or lighten a space, color, or material. The word is used in both Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese and reflects the regular -ar verb conjugation pattern in the future tense.

The verb clarear has several related senses. In information or communication contexts, clarear means to clarify or explain something that is unclear. In spatial or visual contexts, it means to brighten or lighten a space or object, such as sunlight clareando a sala. In color or material contexts, it can refer to lightening a shade or tone, for example clarear o tom de uma pintura or clarear o cabelo.

As a future-tense form, clareará appears in sentences describing actions that will occur. Example uses include: Ele clareará as dúvidas durante a reunião, referindo-se à futura explicação de pontos confusos. O sol clareará o quarto pela manhã, indicando que a iluminação virá com o amanhecer. The form is part of standard Portuguese grammar and can appear in both formal and informal writing, though in everyday Brazilian Portuguese, speakers more commonly use other constructions to express future actions.

Etymology traces clarear to the Latin root clar- meaning clear, with derivation into the Portuguese form that produces clarear and its inflected forms, including clareará.