Verbo clean en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to clean significa «limpiar» en español. Es un verbo regular que forma su pasado simple y participio pasado añadiendo -ed al infinitivo.
Conjugación de clean en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | clean |
| you | clean |
| he/she/it | cleans |
| we | clean |
| they | clean |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am cleaning |
| you | are cleaning |
| he/she/it | is cleaning |
| we | are cleaning |
| they | are cleaning |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have cleaned |
| you | have cleaned |
| he/she/it | has cleaned |
| we | have cleaned |
| they | have cleaned |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | cleaned |
| you | cleaned |
| he/she/it | cleaned |
| we | cleaned |
| they | cleaned |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was cleaning |
| you | were cleaning |
| he/she/it | was cleaning |
| we | were cleaning |
| they | were cleaning |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had cleaned |
| you | had cleaned |
| he/she/it | had cleaned |
| we | had cleaned |
| they | had cleaned |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will clean |
| you | will clean |
| he/she/it | will clean |
| we | will clean |
| they | will clean |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have cleaned |
| you | will have cleaned |
| he/she/it | will have cleaned |
| we | will have cleaned |
| they | will have cleaned |
Conjugación de clean en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would clean |
| you | would clean |
| he/she/it | would clean |
| we | would clean |
| they | would clean |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have cleaned |
| you | would have cleaned |
| he/she/it | would have cleaned |
| we | would have cleaned |
| they | would have cleaned |
Conjugación de clean en imperativo
Conjugación de clean en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | cleaning |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | cleaned |
Ejemplos
I clean every day.
Yo limpio todos los días.
He cleans regularly.
Él limpia regularmente.
We clean together.
Nosotros limpiamos juntos.
I cleaned yesterday.
Yo limpié ayer.
I have cleaned.
Yo he limpiado.
I will clean tomorrow.
Yo limpiaré mañana.
I am cleaning right now.
Yo estoy limpiando ahora mismo.
I like to clean.
Me gusta limpiar.
You should clean more often.
Deberías limpiar más a menudo.
Can you clean?
¿Puedes limpiar?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He clean en vez de He cleans
Correcto: He/She/It cleans
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Pronunciar la -ed como sílaba separada en todos los casos
Correcto: La -ed solo se pronuncia como sílaba extra (/ɪd/) tras t o d. Tras consonante sorda suena /t/, tras sonora /d/.
En español todas las sílabas se pronuncian, pero en inglés -ed no siempre es una sílaba: walked = /wɔːkt/ (una sílaba), wanted = /ˈwɒntɪd/ (dos sílabas).
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You clean? en vez de Do you clean?
Correcto: Do you clean? / Does he/she clean?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I clean vs I am cleaning
Correcto: Hábito/general → I clean | Ahora mismo → I am cleaning
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Sinónimos
Antónimos
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I clean | yo limpio |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she cleans | él/ella limpia |
| Present continuous | I am cleaning | yo estoy limpiando |
| Past simple | I cleaned | yo limpié |
| Present perfect | I have cleaned | yo he limpiado |
| Future simple | I will clean | yo limpiaré |
| Negative | I don't clean | yo no limpio |
| Question | Do you clean? | ¿tú limpias? |