El baño está limpísimo.

to be

Breakdown of El baño está limpísimo.

• el baño: the bathroom
• limpísimo: super clean

Questions & Answers about El baño está limpísimo.

Why do we use está instead of es in El baño está limpísimo?

Spanish generally uses:

• ser for permanent or defining characteristics
• estar for temporary states, conditions, or results

Being clean is seen as a temporary condition of the bathroom (it can change), so you say:

• El baño está limpio / limpísimo. – The bathroom is (currently/now) very clean.

If you said El baño es limpio, it would sound like you’re describing cleanliness as a general, inherent quality of that bathroom (which is less common and a bit odd in most contexts).

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What does the ending -ísimo mean in limpísimo?

The ending -ísimo forms an absolute superlative. It means:

• limpio = clean
• limpísimo = very clean, extremely clean, super clean

So El baño está limpísimo is stronger and more emphatic than El baño está limpio. It doesn’t mean “the cleanest bathroom” (comparison); it just intensifies the adjective.

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How is limpísimo formed from limpio? Is there a rule?