carpeta vacía
/kaɾpeta baθia/from spelling rules
The English phrase "empty folder" is translated into Spanish as carpeta vacía.
This phrase describes a folder that contains no files or documents.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the noun carpeta (folder) and the adjective vacía (empty).
How does it change in a sentence?
In the plural form carpetas vacías (empty folders), both the noun and the adjective must agree in gender and number.
How do you pronounce it?
/kaɾpeta baθia/
Did you know?
- The word carpeta may have evolved from carpa, meaning 'tent' or 'canopy', suggesting a folder was once seen as a protective covering for papers.
- While carpeta means 'folder', it is a false friend to the English word 'carpet' and can never be used to describe a floor covering.
- In some Latin American countries, you might hear people simply say folder vacío instead of the standard carpeta vacía.
Examples in context
- Necesito una carpeta vacía para organizar mis archivos.I need an empty folder to organize my files.
- Elige una carpeta sin contenido para guardar los documentos.Choose a folder without content to store the documents.
- Mi computadora tiene varias carpetas vacías para almacenamiento.My computer has several empty folders for storage.
- He limpiado mi escritorio y ahora todos los archivos están en carpetas vacías.I have cleaned up my desktop, and now all the files are in empty folders.
- ¿Podrías ayudarme a encontrar una carpeta vacía para estos papeles?Could you help me find an empty folder for these papers?
- No hay nada en la carpeta vacía.There is nothing in the empty folder.
- Tengo una carpeta vacía en el escritorio.I have an empty folder on the desktop.
- No borres esa carpeta vacía.Do not delete that empty folder.
- Encontré una carpeta vacía en la computadora.I found an empty folder on the computer.
Example conversation
Javier and María are organizing files on a shared computer.
- Javier¿Por qué hay una carpeta vacía aquí?Why is there an empty folder here?
- MaríaLa creé para los documentos nuevos.I created it for the new documents.
- JavierEstá bien, la usaré para las fotos.Alright, I will use it for the photos.
- MaríaPerfecto, Javier.Perfect, Javier.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries carpeta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
