Limpiar means 'to clean', and it is a regular -ar verb that anchors the household-chores topic. Limpio mi habitación (I clean my room), limpiamos la casa los sábados (we clean the house on Saturdays). Because chores are a dependable GCSE talking point — who does what at home — limpiar is genuinely useful, and it pairs well with frequency expressions like a veces and todos los días. As a regular -ar verb the forms are predictable, so you can focus on building natural sentences about responsibilities at home.
Quick facts
Limpiar (to clean) is a regular -ar verb.
Real sentences across different tenses — the kind of thing you'd actually say or write.
Limpio mi habitación (I clean my room).
Pairs with todos los días, a veces.
Core to the household-jobs discussion.
A predictable -ar verb.
Fixed expressions worth knowing — they come up in listening, reading and writing tasks.
Idiomatic expressions
limpiar is a regular -ar verb — it follows the standard -ar pattern in every tense. That makes it a good one to drill: if you know limpiar, you know the template for all regular -ar verbs.
Type conjugations from memory and get instant feedback. That's how you actually build the automatic recall the exam needs — not from reading tables.
Practice limpiar now →Three questions, no account needed. Type the form, then press Enter or tap Check.
yo: limpio, tú: limpias, él: limpia, nosotros: limpiamos, vosotros: limpiáis, ellos: limpian
The past participle is limpiado (he limpiado) and the gerund is limpiando (estoy limpiando).
Verbs that are easy to confuse with limpiar or that behave like it.
Limpiar is on the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE Spanish vocabulary lists. Compare the exam boards.
Written by Daniel Holmes for GCSE & A-Level Spanish students.