limpeza
See also: limpêza
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- limpêza (obsolete)
Etymology
Limpo (“clean”) + -eza (“forms abstract nouns”), from Old Portuguese limpio, from Latin limpidus (“clear; limpid”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /lĩ.ˈpe.za/, /lĩ.ˈpe.zɐ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lĩ.ˈpe.zɐ/
Noun
limpeza f (plural limpezas)
- (uncountable) cleanliness (the property of being cleanly)
- act of cleaning
Synonyms
- (cleanliness): asseio, higiene, pureza
- (act of cleaning): limpa, limpação, limpada, limpamento
Antonyms
- (cleanliness): desasseio, imundice, imundícia, imundície, porcaria, sujeira, sujidade
- (act of cleaning): emporcalhamento, sujada
Related terms
- limpa
- limpadela
- limpado
- limpador
- limpadura
- limpamento
- limpar
- limpidez
- límpido
- limpo