sanear

to clean up

verb sah-neh-AHR Rare

Also means

to restructure financially

Usage Note

Sanear covers two core senses that learners should distinguish: physically cleaning or sanitising an environment (sanear las aguas residuales) and restoring financial health to a company or public finances (sanear la deuda). The noun saneamiento is used in both domains — environmental sanitation and corporate restructuring.

Examples

"El gobierno quiere sanear las cuentas públicas."

Natural Translation

The government wants to clean up the public finances.

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