limpar
Portuguese
/lĩ.ˈpa(ʁ)/, /lĩ.ˈpa(ɹ)/, /lĩ.ˈpa(ɻ)/, /lĩ.ˈpaɾ/
verb
Definitions
- to clean (to remove dirt from a place or object)
- (figurative) to remove all contents from a location or container
- (intransitive) to stop being cloudy or foggy; to clear up
- to eviscerate and descale an animal for consumption
Etymology
Suffix from Portuguese limpo (clean) inherited from Latin limpidāre, limpidus (bright, clean, clear, limpid).
Origin
Latin
limpidus
Gloss
bright, clean, clear, limpid
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- limpidus Latin
- limpidāre Latin
- limpido Italian
- limpide French
- limpiabotas Spanish, Castilian
- limpiacristales Spanish, Castilian
- limpiador Spanish, Castilian
- limpiaparabrisas Spanish, Castilian
- limpiapipas Spanish, Castilian
- limpiaplatos Spanish, Castilian
- limpiar Spanish, Castilian
- limpiavidrios Spanish, Castilian
- limpio Spanish, Castilian
- límpido Spanish, Castilian
- *leh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- limpamente Portuguese
- limpeza Portuguese
- limpo Portuguese
- límpido Portuguese
- limpar Galician
- limpede Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- limpo Old Portuguese
- linpo Old Portuguese
- limpid Aromanian
- llimpiar Asturian
- llimpiu Asturian
- limpa Kabuverdianu
- limpa Guinea-Bissau Creole
- limpo Mirandese