limpar

• alimpar

Attested since circa 1300 (alimpar). From a- +‎ limpo (“clean”) +‎ -ar, or from Late Latin limpidāre, from Latin limpidus.

• IPA^(key): /limˈpaɾ/

limpar (first-person singular present limpo, first-person singular preterite limpei, past participle limpado)

1. to clean
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:

     Ano Domini mo CCCC XXX V III anos, triinta dias do mes de novenbro, ena çibdade d'Ourense, feso aviincas con Alvaro Çide, procurador do conçello e da çibdad d'Ourense, pera que alinpiase os baños dos homes e das mulleres en esta maneira que se sigue: Que o dito que aposte os ditos baños et os alinpe ben, fasta o soo, de todo lixo et lodo que touveren, en maneira que fiquen anbos a dous ben claros e ben linpos, tirando todas las pedras e lixuria fora dos ditos baños.

     Anno Domini 1438, thirty days of November, at the city of Ourense, said [city] did a contract with Álvaro Cide, procurer of the City Council, for him to clean the men's and women's baths in this way: that said man should ready the aforementioned baths, and clean them thoroughly, till the ground, of any dirt and mud that they can have, such that both are left very clear and clean, extracting all the stones and dirtiness out of these baths

2. to wash
3. (figurative) to steal
4. (intransitive, of the sky or weather) to clear up

• lavar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alinpar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alinp”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “limpar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “limpar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “limpar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “limpar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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      Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		limpar			aver limpat
gerund		limpant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		limpat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	limpi	limpas	limpa	limpam	limpatz	limpan
	imperfect	limpavi	limpavas	limpava	limpàvem	limpàvetz	limpavan
	preterite	limpèri	limpères	limpèt	limpèrem	limpèretz	limpèron
	future	limparai	limparàs	limparà	limparem	limparetz	limparàn
	conditional	limpariái	limpariás	limpariá	limpariam	limpariatz	limparián
	conditional 2nd form1	limpèra	limpèras	limpèra	limperam	limperatz	limpèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	limpe	limpes	limpe	limpem	limpetz	limpen
	imperfect	limpèssi	limpèsses	limpèsse	limpèssem	limpèssetz	limpèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			limpa		limpem	limpatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		limpar			aver limpat
gerund		limpant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		limpat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	limpe	limpes	limpa	limpam	limpatz	limpon
	imperfect	limpave	limpaves	limpava	limpaviam	limpaviatz	limpavon
	preterite	limpere	limperes	limpet	limpem	limpetz	limperon
	future	limparai	limparàs	limpará	limparem	limparetz	limparán
	conditional	limpariá	limpariás	limpariá	limpariam	limpariatz	limparián
	conditional 2nd form1	limpèra	limpèras	limpèra	limperam	limperatz	limpèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	limpe	limpes	limpe	limpassiam	limpassiatz	limpon
	imperfect	limpesse	limpesses	limpesse	limpessiam	limpessiatz	limpesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			limpa		limpassiam	limpatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		limpar			aver limpat
gerund		limpant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		limpat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	limpi	limpas	limpa	limpam	limpatz	limpan
	imperfect	limpavi	limpavas	limpava	limpàvam	limpàvatz	limpavan
	preterite	limpèi	limpès	limpè	limpèm	limpètz	limpèn
	future	limparèi	limparàs	limparà	limparam	limparatz	limparàn
	conditional	limparí	limparés	limparé	limparem	limparetz	limparén
	conditional 2nd form1	limpèra	limpèras	limpèra	limperam	limperatz	limpèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	limpi	limpes	limpe	limpem	limpetz	limpen
	imperfect	limpèssi	limpèsses	limpèsse	limpèssem	limpèssetz	limpèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			limpa		limpem	limpatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		limpar			aver limpat
gerund		limpant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		limpat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	limpe	limpas	limpa	limpam	limpatz	limpan
	imperfect	limpava	limpavas	limpava	limpàvam	limpàvatz	limpavan
	preterite	limpei	limperas	limpet	limpèram	limpèratz	limperan
	future	limparai	limparàs	limpará	limparem	limparetz	limparán
	conditional	limpariá	limpariàs	limpariá	limpariam	limpariatz	limparián
	conditional 2nd form1	limpèra	limpèras	limpèra	limperam	limperatz	limpèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	limpe	limpes	limpe	limpem	limpetz	limpen
	imperfect	limpèsse	limpèsses	limpèsse	limpèssem	limpèssetz	limpèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			limpa		limpem	limpatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		limpar			aver limpat
gerund		limpant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		limpat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	limpe	limpes	limpa	limpam	limpatz	limpan
	imperfect	limpavi	limpavas	limpava	limpàvem	limpàvetz	limpavan
	preterite	limpère	limpères	limpèt	limperiam	limperiatz	limpèron
	future	limparai	limparàs	limparà	limparem	limparetz	limparàn
	conditional	limpariáu	limpariás	limpariá	limpariam	limpariatz	limparián
	conditional 2nd form1	limpèra	limpèras	limpèra	limperam	limperatz	limpèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	limpe	limpes	limpe	limpem	limpetz	limpan
	imperfect	limpèsse	limpèsses	limpèsse	limpessiam	limpessiatz	limpèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			limpa		limpem	limpatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

From limpo (“clean”) +‎ -ar, or from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin limpidāre, from Latin limpidus (“clear; limpid”). Compare Spanish limpiar.

limpar (first-person singular present limpo, first-person singular preterite limpei, past participle limpado, short past participle limpo)

1. to clean (to remove dirt from a place or object)
2. (figurative) to remove all contents from a location or container

   Synonym: esvaziar

   Ele limpou o prato.

   He cleaned the plate.

   Os ladrões limparam a casa.

   The thieves cleaned out the house.

3. (intransitive, of the sky or weather) to stop being cloudy or foggy; to clear up

   Antonym: nublar

4. to eviscerate and descale an animal for consumption

• (to clean): See Thesaurus:limpar

• (antonym(s) of “to clean”): See Thesaurus:limpar

• (clean): aspirar, banhar, enxugar, polir, varrer