limpeza

See also: limpêza

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• limpêza (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lĩˈpe.zɐ/

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

Related terms

• limpa
• limpadela
• limpado
• limpador
• limpadura
• limpamento
• limpar
• limpidez
• límpido
• limpo