Meaning & use
Claro
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A light brown, mild-flavored tobacco leaf used to wrap cigars, or a cigar wrapped in such a leaf.
See it in a sentence
He preferred a claro over darker, stronger wrappers.
The tobacco shop displayed a row of claro cigars in the window.
A note on using this word
'Claro' is Spanish for 'clear' or 'light,' reflecting the pale color of this cigar wrapper compared to darker maduro leaves.
Another way to use it
2. interjection
Used informally to mean 'of course' or 'certainly,' borrowed directly from Spanish.
"Are you coming tonight?" "Claro, I wouldn't miss it."
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