no limpiar esta habitación
/no limpjaɾ esta abitaθjon/from spelling rules
To say "do not clean this room" in Spanish, use no limpiar esta habitación.
The phrase is used as a request or command to tell someone to avoid cleaning a specific room. It is commonly seen as a general instruction or a written sign.
What does it mean word for word?
Literally, no limpiar esta habitación translates to "not to clean this room".
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase no limpiar esta habitación uses the infinitive and acts as a general instruction. If you are addressing a person directly, you should use imperative forms: use no limpies esta habitación for one person informally and no limpie esta habitación for one person formally. Additionally, you can substitute habitación with cuarto to say "this room", resulting in no limpiar este cuarto.
How do you pronounce it?
/no limpjaɾ esta abitaθjon/
Did you know?
- In Spanish hotels, the phrase no molestar is almost always used on door hangers instead of no limpiar, as it covers both cleaning and any other interruptions.
- The root of habitación comes from the Latin 'habitare', which is the same ancestor for the English word 'habit'.
Examples in context
- No limpie esta habitación, por favor.Do not clean this room, please.
- Le ruego que no limpie esta habitación.I kindly request that you do not clean this room.
- No limpies esta habitación, porfa.Don't clean this room, please.
- No limpie esta habitación, bajo ninguna circunstancia.Do not clean this room under any circumstances.
- No limpie esta habitación ahora.Do not clean this room now.
- No limpies esta habitación, estoy descansando.Don't clean this room, I am resting.
- Es importante no limpiar esta habitación ahora.It is important not to clean this room now.
Example conversation
Alejandro is talking to Elena about the hotel room.
- AlejandroElena, por favor, no limpiar esta habitación.Elena, please, do not clean this room.
- Elena¿Por qué no quieres que la limpie?Why don't you want me to clean it?
- AlejandroTengo muchos papeles importantes aquí.I have many important papers here.
- ElenaEstá bien, Alejandro, no te preocupes.That's fine, Alejandro, don't worry.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries esta, habitación, limpiar, no, CC BY-SA 4.0.
