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limpio

Spanish, adjective

limpio is spelled L-I-M-P-I-O (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,909th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Limpio is a Spanish adjective meaning “clean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of limpiar. With an accent, limpió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of limpiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no tiene mancha o suciedad”.

What does limpio mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    clean

    ¿Viste lo limpia que quedaba su habitación?

  2. 2

    colloquialbroke, out of pocket

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of limpiar

verb

as limpió
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of limpiar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que no tiene mancha o suciedad. 2. Sin mezcla, neto. 3. Exento de lo que mancha o perjudica. 4. Sin dinero.

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 limpio

  • limpia feminine
  • limpios masculine plural
  • limpias feminine plural
  • limpísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to limpio

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is limpio in Spanish?

limpio appears 20 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).

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