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limpio

clean

adjective LEEM-pyoh Less Common

Usage Note

Limpio uses estar to describe a current state ('it is clean right now') and ser in a more general or character sense ('he is a clean person'). The feminine is limpia. A related idiom is en limpio: pasar en limpio means to make a fair copy of a draft, and sacar en limpio means to get something useful out of a situation.

Examples

"La cocina está muy limpia."

Natural Translation

The kitchen is very clean.

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