limpio

See also: limpió

Chavacano

Alternative forms

• limpyo

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish limpio.

Adjective

limpio

1. clean

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish limpio, from Latin limpidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪm.pi.oː/
• Hyphenation: lim‧pio

Adverb

limpio

1. Dated form of limpido.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimpjo/ [ˈlĩm.pjo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• 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)

1. clean

   Synonym: aseado

   Antonyms: sucio, contaminado

   ¿Viste lo limpia que quedaba su habitación?

   Did you see how clean his room was?

2. (colloquial) broke, out of pocket

   Synonyms: tieso, pelado

Derived terms

• a cuerpo limpio
• a grito limpio
• a mano limpia
• en limpio
• juego limpio
• limpieza
• limpito
• media con limpio
• punto limpio
• trigo limpio

 

Related terms

• limpiar
• limpiedumbre

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: limpyo

Etymology 2

Verb

limpio

1. 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], 2024 December 10