La gente creía que el candidato era un político limpio hasta que la policía lo arrestó.People thought the candidate was a clean politician until the police arrested him.
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Cuando me corrijas el borrador, voy a pasarlo a limpio para entregárselo mañana al maestro.After you correct my rough draft, I am going to print out a clean copy to turn in to my teacher tomorrow.
Me tomó toda la noche, pero ya terminé de pasar mi tesis a limpio.It took all night, but I finished writing the final version of my thesis.
más limpio que los chorros del oroas clean as can be
2(despejado)clear
el cielo estaba limpio de nubesthere was a cloudless sky;there was not a cloud in the sky
3[+líquidos]pure;clean
4(en lo moral)pure;(honesto)honest
5(Dep)[+jugada]fair
6(Economía)clear;net
50 dólares de ganancia limpia50 dollars of clear profit
7(sin dinero)
estar limpioto be broke;quedar(se) limpioto be cleaned out (familiar)
8(enfático)
a pedrada limpia
se defendieron a pedrada limpiathey defended themselves with nothing but stones
a puñetazo limpiowith bare fists
lo hizo a clavo limpio
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en limpio(Economía)clear;net;copia en limpiofair copy;pasar o poner algo en limpioto make a fair o neat o clean copy of sth;poner un texto en limpioto tidy a text up;produce a final version of a text
sacar algo en limpioto make sense of sth
no pude sacar nada en limpioI couldn't make anything of it
2(México)(claro de bosque)clearing in a wood; (in a wood)treeless area;bare ground