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limpiar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From limpio +‎ -ar, or from a Late Latin limpidāre,[1] from Latin limpidus. Compare Portuguese and Galician limpar, Asturian llimpiar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /limˈpjaɾ/ [lĩmˈpjaɾ]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lim‧piar

Verb

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limpiar (first-person singular present limpio, first-person singular preterite limpié, past participle limpiado)

  1. to clean
  2. to wash
  3. to wipe
  4. (reflexive) to wipe oneself

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “limpiar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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