La Palabra Del Dia: "limpiar"
limpiar ( leem-pyahr' )
verb ( to clean )
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Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
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Examples:
1. Limpio mi apartamento dos veces al mes.
I clean my apartment twice a month.
2. La candidata prometió limpiar la corrupción en el gobierno.
The candidate promised to clean up the corruption in the government. .
12 Answers
Sí eres honesto, puedes limpiar tu nombre.
If you are honest, you can clear your name.
Note: use clear in English, instead of clean
Nota 2: "Clear" puede ser borrar, despegar o limpiar en español.
Empezaron con un borrón y cuenta nueva.
They started with a clean slate.
Literally: They started with a blemish and account new.
Visité al doctor y obtuve un certificado de buena salud.
I visited the doctor and got a clean bill of health.
Literally: a certificate of good health.
Podría limpiar el piso contigo ahora mismo.
I could wipe the floor with you right now.
Note: There is no separate Spanish verb for wipe.
Limpiar can be translated as clean or wipe among other things.
Meaning: I am so mad at you right now that I could hit you again and again. (you would be knocked down so often that all the dirt from the floor would be on your clothes)
La energía eólica es un buen ejemplo de energía no contaminante.
Wind energy is a good example of clean energy.
Literally: Wind energy is a good example of energy non-contaminanting.
La policía de la frontera hizo una redada antidroga pero los coches sospechosos que los policías pararón y examinarón de manera muy diligente parecían limpios.
The border police mounted an anti-drug raid but the suspicious cars, which were stopped by the police and tooth-combed seemed to be clean.
Para mí, la vida parece ser una serie intermimable de hacer un desastre y limpiarlo. Esto se aplica en todos los aspectos: la política, la vida personal, la casa, el jardin, los negocios, todo.
To me, life seems to be an endless series of making a mess and cleaning it up. This applies in all aspects: politics, personal life, house, garden, business, everything.
I have a new Latina maid cleaning my house and she is teaching me a lot.
Tengo una latina camarera nueva limpiando me casa y me enseña mucho.
Estoy obligada a limpiar mi teclado de vez en cuando, porque pasa que como allí haciendo mis tareas.
I am obliged to clean my keyboard from time to time, because it happens that I eat there doing my tasks
¡Sería mejor si algunas personas se limpiaran la boca con jabón antes de hablar!
It would better for some people to wash their mouths with soap before speaking.
The mayor is determined to clean up the city and make it a safer place to live.
El alcalde está decidido a limpiar la ciudad y convertirla en un lugar más seguro.
La policía limpió la calle de maleantes.
The police cleared the street of vagrants.
¿Cómo limpiaban los esclavos romanos las casas de la aristocracia romana?
¿How did the Roman slaves clean the houses of the Roman aristocracy?
Las dos señoras de la limpieza tienen que limpiar casas muy sucias.
The two cleaning ladies have to clean very dirty houses.
Me alegra que haya un carro que se maneja solo. Pero me gustaría aún más un carro que se limpiara solo.
I´m happy that there is a car that drives itself. But even better I'd like a car that cleaned itself.
Limpieza puede ser francamente aterrador.
Cleaning can be downright terrifying.
I love a clean house, especially if someone else cleaned it.
Me gusta mucho una casa limpia, especialmente si otra persona la limpió.
