limpeza

See also: limpêza

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• limpêza (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lĩ.ˈpe.za/, /lĩ.ˈpe.zɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lĩ.ˈpe.zɐ/

Noun

limpeza f (plural limpezas)

1. (uncountable) cleanliness (the property of being cleanly)
2. act of cleaning

Synonyms

• (cleanliness): asseio, higiene, pureza
• (act of cleaning): limpa, limpação, limpada, limpamento

Antonyms

• (cleanliness): desasseio, imundice, imundícia, imundície, porcaria, sujeira, sujidade
• (act of cleaning): emporcalhamento, sujada

Related terms

• limpa
• limpadela
• limpado
• limpador

• limpadura
• limpamento
• limpar

• limpidez
• límpido
• limpo