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El cuarto tiene mucho polvo, pero no lo quiero limpiar hoy.

El cuarto tiene mucho polvo, pero no lo quiero limpiar hoy.
The room has a lot of dust, but I do not want to clean it today.
From Lesson 80:Pronoun placement with infinitives·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El cuarto tiene mucho polvo, pero no lo quiero limpiar hoy.

Why is lo before quiero instead of attached to limpiar?
Both are perfectly correct! When you have a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive (an unconjugated verb like limpiar), you can either put the pronoun before the conjugated verb (lo quiero limpiar) or attach it to the end of the infinitive (quiero limpiarlo).
What exactly does lo mean in this sentence?
It means "it" and refers back to el cuarto (the room). Because cuarto is a masculine singular noun, we use the masculine singular direct object pronoun lo.
Where does the no go if I want to attach lo to limpiar instead?
The word no always goes right before the conjugated verb, no matter where you put the pronoun. If you attach lo to the infinitive, the second half of the sentence becomes: pero no quiero limpiarlo hoy.
Why use tiene mucho polvo (has a lot of dust) instead of saying the room "is dusty"?
Spanish frequently uses the verb tener (to have) followed by a noun to describe conditions, where English would use "to be" plus an adjective. Saying a room "has dust" is the most natural way to express that it is dusty.

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