Translation
clean, pure
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Examples
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The room is clean and bright.
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She wore a clean white garment.
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I drank clean water from the river.
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His hands were not clean.
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That is the pure truth, without any doubt.
does the work of both clean and pure, which is tidier than English manages. The affixes handle the rest: a is dirty, i is to clean something, i is to become clean, and o is purity as an abstract quality. Watch the causative pair, because English speakers reach for the adjective where the verb is wanted. You do not make the room pure, you as . Figuratively it behaves as expected, so is pure gold and a clear conscience.
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Word family
Words built on pura with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malpuraadjective
dirty
mal-pura: the opposite of clean
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 3: pura, peza, fermi and 7 more words.