limpiar

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

    Conjugation of limpiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive limpiar
gerund limpiando
past participle masculine feminine
singular limpiado limpiada
plural limpiados limpiadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present limpio limpiastú
limpiásvos 		limpia limpiamos limpiáis limpian
imperfect limpiaba limpiabas limpiaba limpiábamos limpiabais limpiaban
preterite limpié limpiaste limpió limpiamos limpiasteis limpiaron
future limpiaré limpiarás limpiará limpiaremos limpiaréis limpiarán
conditional limpiaría limpiarías limpiaría limpiaríamos limpiaríais limpiarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present limpie limpiestú
limpiésvos2 		limpie limpiemos limpiéis limpien
imperfect
(ra) 		limpiara limpiaras limpiara limpiáramos limpiarais limpiaran
imperfect
(se) 		limpiase limpiases limpiase limpiásemos limpiaseis limpiasen
future1 limpiare limpiares limpiare limpiáremos limpiareis limpiaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative limpiatú
limpiávos 		limpie limpiemos limpiad limpien
negative no limpies no limpie no limpiemos no limpiéis no limpien

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of limpiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive limpiar
dative limpiarme limpiarte limpiarle, limpiarse limpiarnos limpiaros limpiarles, limpiarse
accusative limpiarme limpiarte limpiarlo, limpiarla, limpiarse limpiarnos limpiaros limpiarlos, limpiarlas, limpiarse
with gerund limpiando
dative limpiándome limpiándote limpiándole, limpiándose limpiándonos limpiándoos limpiándoles, limpiándose
accusative limpiándome limpiándote limpiándolo, limpiándola, limpiándose limpiándonos limpiándoos limpiándolos, limpiándolas, limpiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative limpia
dative límpiame límpiate límpiale límpianos not used límpiales
accusative límpiame límpiate límpialo, límpiala límpianos not used límpialos, límpialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative limpiá
dative limpiame limpiate limpiale limpianos not used limpiales
accusative limpiame limpiate limpialo, limpiala limpianos not used limpialos, limpialas
with formal second-person singular imperative limpie
dative límpieme not used límpiele, límpiese límpienos not used límpieles
accusative límpieme not used límpielo, límpiela, límpiese límpienos not used límpielos, límpielas
with first-person plural imperative limpiemos
dative not used limpiémoste limpiémosle limpiémonos limpiémoos limpiémosles
accusative not used limpiémoste limpiémoslo, limpiémosla limpiémonos limpiémoos limpiémoslos, limpiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative limpiad
dative limpiadme not used limpiadle limpiadnos limpiaos limpiadles
accusative limpiadme not used limpiadlo, limpiadla limpiadnos limpiaos limpiadlos, limpiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative limpien
dative límpienme not used límpienle límpiennos not used límpienles, límpiense
accusative límpienme not used límpienlo, límpienla límpiennos not used límpienlos, límpienlas, límpiense

Derived terms

See also

References

  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

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