Meaning of limpar | Babel Free
limˈpaɾDefinitions
- to clean
- to wash
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to steal figuratively
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to clear up intransitive
- Equivalent to 'wipe': An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
Examples
“Ano Domini mo CCCC XXX V III anos, triinta dias do mes de novenbro, ena çibdade d'Ourense, feso aviincas con Alvaro Çide, procurador do conçello e da çibdad d'Ourense, pera que alinpiase os baños dos homes e das mulleres en esta maneira que se sigue: Que o dito que aposte os ditos baños et os alinpe ben, fasta o soo, de todo lixo et lodo que touveren, en maneira que fiquen anbos a dous ben claros e ben linpos, tirando todas las pedras e lixuria fora dos ditos baños.”
Anno Domini 1438, thirty days of November, at the city of Ourense, said [city] did a contract with Álvaro Cide, procurer of the City Council, for him to clean the men's and women's baths in this way: that said man should ready the aforementioned baths, and clean them thoroughly, till the ground, of any dirt and mud that they can have, such that both are left very clear and clean, extracting all the stones and dirtiness out of these baths
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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