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pulito

/puˈli.to/adjectiveA1
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Meaning

clean, neat, tidy

  • clean
  • neat
  • tidy

In a sentence

La tua camera è molto pulita oggi.

Your room is very clean today.

Il bagno è pulito adesso.

The bathroom is clean now.

Il tavolo è pulito e in ordine.

The table is clean and tidy.

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
pulitomasculine · singular
pulitafeminine · singular
pulitimasculine · plural
pulitefeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Use pulito for people, rooms, writing, or style. For laundry, bucato pulito is common; for hygiene, igienico may fit better.
  • It agrees in gender and number: pulito, pulita, puliti, pulite.
  • In colloquial Italian, essere pulito can mean having no money. It is informal and context-dependent.

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