limpio
See also: limpió
Chavacano
Alternative forms
- limpyo
Etymology
From Spanish limpio.
Adjective
limpio
- clean
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish limpio, from Latin limpidus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪm.pi.oː/
- Hyphenation: lim‧pio
Adverb
limpio
- Dated form of limpido.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlimpjo/ [ˈlĩm.pjo]
- Rhymes: -impjo
- Syllabification: lim‧pio
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin limpidus. Compare límpido, a borrowed doublet.
Adjective
limpio (feminine limpia, masculine plural limpios, feminine plural limpias)
- clean
- Synonym: aseado
- Antonyms: sucio, contaminado
- ¿Viste lo limpia que quedaba su habitación?
- Did you see how clean his room was?
- (colloquial) broke, out of pocket
Derived terms
- a grito limpio
- en limpio
- juego limpio
- limpieza
- limpísimo
- limpito
- punto limpio
- trigo limpio
Related terms
- limpiar
- limpiedumbre
Descendants
- → Cebuano: limpyo
Verb
limpio
- first-person singular present indicative of limpiar
Further reading
- “limpio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014