Word
Uso un poco de jabón para limpiar la botella.
Meaning
I use a bit of soap to clean the bottle.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Uso un poco de jabón para limpiar la botella.
Why is it un poco de jabón instead of poco jabón?
What role does de play in un poco de jabón?
That de is the partitive preposition linking the quantity phrase (un poco) to the noun (jabón). You always need it in expressions like un poco de, mucho de, un litro de, etc., when you talk about an unspecified amount of something.
What is the function of para in this sentence?
Why is limpiar in the infinitive form?
After para we use the infinitive. The structure para + [infinitive] always requires that verb in its base form, so limpiar (not a conjugated form like limpio) indicates the action you intend to perform.