Common Italian verb
Pronunciation | |
Meaning | To clean, to wash |
Conjugation | Irregular (-ISC- group: io pulisco) |
Transitive or intransitive? | Transitive |
Different meanings
1) To remove dirt from sth
Hai pulito lo specchio del bagno? | Did you clean the bathroom mirror? |
Mio figlio non pulisce mai camera sua. | My son never cleans his room. |
Use the preposition da if you want to say “to clean sth of sth else”.
Michele pulisce il ripiano dalle briciole. | Michele cleans the shelf of crumbs. |
Sto pulendo gli scarponi dal fango. | I am cleaning the boots of mud. |
2) To do chores around the house
Ho passato tutta la mattina a pulire! | I spent the whole morning cleaning up! |
3) To polish/perfect sth
Devi pulire il testo, hai inserito troppi avverbi. | You need to clean up the text; you added too many adverbs. |
Pulirsi
Use pulirsi to translate “to clean oneself up”. Examples:
Pulisciti, sei tutto sporco. | Clean yourself up, you’re all dirty. |
Pulisciti la bocca dalla marmellata! | Wipe the jam off your mouth! |
Collocations and expressions
Pulire casa | To tidy one’s home |
Pulire una ferita | To clean a wound |
Pulire il pesce | To gut/clean a fish |
Pulirsi le unghie | To clean one’s fingernails |
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