limpeza

See also: limpêza

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From limpo (“clean”) +‎ -eza (forms abstract nouns), from Old Galician-Portuguese limpio, from Latin limpidus (“clear; limpid”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

limpeza f (plural limpezas)

  1. (uncountable) cleanliness (the property of being cleanly)
    Synonyms: asseio, higiene, pureza
    Antonyms: desasseio, imundice, imundícia, imundície, porcaria, sujeira, sujidade
  2. act of cleaning
    Synonyms: limpa, limpação, limpada, limpamento
    Antonyms: emporcalhamento, sujada

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