limpio
See also: limpió
Chavacano
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish limpio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlimpjo/, [ˈlĩm.pjo]
- Hyphenation: lim‧pio
Adjective
limpio
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]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -impjo
- Syllabification: lim‧pio
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin limpidus. Compare límpido, a borrowed doublet. Cognate with English limpid.
Adjective
limpio (feminine limpia, masculine plural limpios, feminine plural limpias, superlative limpísimo)
- 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
Related terms
- limpiar
- limpiedumbre
Descendants
- → Cebuano: limpyo
Etymology 2
Verb
limpio
- first-person singular present indicative of limpiar
Further reading
- “limpio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024