limpiar
Spanish, verb/limˈpjaɾ/
limpiar is spelled L-I-M-P-I-A-R (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,549th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Limpiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to clean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacar la suciedad que hay en algo”.
What does limpiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clean
- 2
to wash
- 3
to wipe
- 4
to wipe oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sacar la suciedad que hay en algo. 2. Arrancar la vegetación silvestre de un terreno. 3. Dejar a una persona sin dinero en un juego de naipes u otra clase de apuestas. 4. Hurtar₁.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of limpiar
- limpio first-person present singular
- limpié first-person preterite singular
- limpiado participle past
- limpiando gerund
- limpiada feminine participle past
- limpiados masculine participle past
- limpiadas feminine participle past
- limpias indicative informal present
- limpiás indicative informal present
- limpia indicative present singular
- limpiamos first-person indicative plural
- limpiáis indicative plural present
- limpian indicative plural present
- limpiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- limpiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- limpiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- limpiabais imperfect indicative plural
- limpiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce limpiar?
- /limˈpjaɾ/
- [lĩmˈpjaɾ]
- [lĩmpiˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to limpiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is limpiar in Spanish?
limpiar appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).