El comedero está limpio.

Comedero usually means a feeding dish, feeder, or food bowl/trough, depending on the context.

In Latin America, it often refers to something an animal eats from, such as:

• a pet food bowl
• a bird feeder
• a feeding trough for farm animals

So the exact English word can change depending on what kind of animal or container you are talking about.

Because comedero is a masculine noun in Spanish, so it takes the masculine article el.

Spanish nouns have grammatical gender, and the article has to match:

• el comedero
• not la comedero

This grammatical gender does not necessarily mean the object is “male.” It is just part of how the noun is classified in Spanish.

Spanish has two common words for is: ser and estar.

Here, está is used because limpio describes a state or condition: the feeder is clean right now.

• está limpio = it is clean
• es limpio would usually suggest something more like “it is clean by nature” or “it is a clean one,” which sounds less natural in this context

For cleanliness, location, and temporary conditions, Spanish often uses estar.

Because limpio has to agree with comedero, which is masculine singular.

Spanish adjectives usually match the noun in gender and number:

• masculine singular: limpio
• feminine singular: limpia
• masculine plural: limpios
• feminine plural: limpias

Since el comedero is masculine singular, the correct form is limpio.

In this sentence, el means the.

Spanish uses definite articles more often than English does, so el comedero sounds natural as the feeder / the bowl.

You sometimes can omit the article in certain contexts, especially in labels, notes, or very informal speech, but in a normal full sentence, El comedero está limpio is the standard and natural form.

The accent mark shows where the stress goes: es-TÁ.

It also helps distinguish this verb form from esta, which can mean this (feminine), as in:

• esta casa = this house

So:

• está = is
• esta = this

The written accent is important.

A broad Latin American pronunciation would be close to:

el ko-me-DE-ro es-TA LIM-pyo

A few notes:

• c before o sounds like k
• d in comedero may sound softer than English d
• ll is not in this sentence, so there is nothing tricky there
• the stress is on -de- in comedero and on -tá in está

A rough IPA pronunciation is: [el komeˈðeɾo esˈta ˈlimpjo]

Yes, Spanish word order is more flexible than English.

• El comedero está limpio is the most neutral, standard order.
• Está limpio el comedero is also possible, but it may sound more like you are emphasizing the condition or introducing the feeder afterward.

So both can be grammatical, but the original sentence is the most straightforward choice for a learner.

Usually, yes. Comedero is most commonly used for an object or place where animals eat.

For people, Spanish would normally use words like:

• plato = plate
• tazón / cuenco = bowl
• mesa = table, depending on context

So if you are talking about a dog bowl, bird feeder, or livestock feeder, comedero fits well.

Yes. Limpio can mean:

• clean
• not dirty
• sometimes clear or pure, depending on context

In El comedero está limpio, the natural meaning is simply that the feeder or bowl is clean.