limpar
Portuguese, verb/lĩˈpa(ʁ)/
limpar is spelled L-I-M-P-A-R (6 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,464th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Limpar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to clean (to remove dirt from a place or object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de localizar, identificar, conter, remover e desfazer-se de forma adequada das substâncias…”.
What does limpar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clean (to remove dirt from a place or object)
- 2
to wipe (clean the anus or genitals after defecation or urination)
Cada criança aprende a se limpar com uma idade diferente. Até então, os pais que as limpam.
- 3
to remove all contents from a location or container; to clean or clean out
Ele limpou o prato.
- 4
to stop being cloudy or foggy; to clear up
- 5
to eviscerate and descale an animal for consumption
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ato ou efeito de localizar, identificar, conter, remover e desfazer-se de forma adequada das substâncias indesejáveis (poluentes) de uma superfície ou ambiente 2. tornar limpo, asseado 3. tirar a sujidade; lavar 4. enxugar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of limpar
- limpo first-person present singular
- limpei first-person preterite singular
- limpado participle past
- limpares infinitive second-person singular
- limparmos first-person infinitive plural
- limpardes infinitive plural second-person
- limparem infinitive plural third-person
- limpando gerund
- limpos masculine participle past
- limpa feminine participle past
- limpas feminine participle past
- limpados long-form masculine participle
- limpada feminine long-form participle
- limpadas feminine long-form participle
- limpamos first-person indicative plural
- limpais indicative plural present
- limpam indicative plural present
- limpava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce limpar?
- Brazil /lĩˈpa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [lĩˈpa(h)]
- /lĩˈpa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to limpar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is limpar in Portuguese?
limpar appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).