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)

(uncountable) cleanliness (the property of being cleanly)
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

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