empty

empty
'empti
1. adjective
1) (having nothing inside: an empty box; an empty cup.) vacío
2) (unoccupied: an empty house.) desocupado, vacío
3) ((with of) completely without: a street quite empty of people.) desierto, vacío
4) (having no practical result; (likely to be) unfulfilled: empty threats.) vano

2. verb
1) (to make or become empty: He emptied the jug; The cinema emptied quickly at 10.30; He emptied out his pockets.) vaciarse
2) (to tip, pour, or fall out of a container: She emptied the milk into a pan; The rubbish emptied on to the ground.) verter, derramar

3. noun
(an empty bottle etc: Take the empties back to the shop.) envase vacío
- empty-handed
- empty-headed

empty1 adj vacío
an empty box una caja vacía
El comparativo de empty se escribe emptier; el superlativo se escribe emptiest
empty2 vb vaciar
he emptied the box vació la caja
El pasado y participio pasado de empty se escribe emptied; el gerundio se escribe emptying
empty
tr['emptɪ]
adjective (comp emptier, superl emptiest)
1 (gen) vacío,-a; (place) desierto,-a; (house) desocupado,-a, deshabitado,-a; (seat, table, palce) libre, desocupado
the roads were empty las carreteras estaban desiertas
the pub is almost empty el pub está casi vacío
see if you can find an empty seat a ver si encuentras un asiento libre
2 familiar (hungry) hambriento,-a
ten minutes after a Chinese meal I feel empty again diez minutos después de una comida china vuelvo a tener hambre
3 (purposeless) vano,-a, inútil; (meaningless) carente de sentido; (words, threats, promises) vano,-a
empty threats amenazas vanas
her life was empty su vida carecía de sentido
transitive verb
1 vaciar
empty your pockets vacía los bolsillos
he emptied the bottle in one go vació la botella de un trago
his speech emptied the hall su discurso dejó la sala vacía
he emptied the box into the dustbin vació la caja en el cubo de la basura
intransitive verb
1 vaciarse
the cinema slowy began to empty el cine se fue vaciando poco a poco
2 (of rivers) desembocar (into, en)
plural noun empties
1 envases nombre masculino plural, cascos nombre masculino plural
empty ['ɛmpti] v, -tied ; -tying vt
: vaciar
empty vi
: desaguar (dícese de un río)
empty adj, emptier ; -est
1) : vacío
2) vacant: desocupado, libre
3) meaningless: vacío, hueco, vano
empty
adj.
desocupado, -a adj.
hueco, -a adj.
vacante adj.
vacío, -a adj.
vano, -a adj.
v.
desaguar v.
desaguazar v.
desangrar v.
descargar v.
desembarazar v.
desembocar v.
desocupar v.
vaciar v.
verter v.

I 'empti
adjective -tier, -tiest <container/table> vacío; <words/gesture/life> vacío; <threat/promise> vano

II
1.
-ties, -tying, -tied transitive verb
a) \<\<container/warehouse\>\> vaciar*
b) (take or pour out)

she emptied the water down the sink — tiró el agua por el fregadero

she emptied the contents all over the floor — vació la caja (or el bolso etc) en el suelo


2.
vi \<\<room/street\>\> vaciarse*; \<\<river/stream\>\>

to empty INTO something — desaguar* en algo

Phrasal Verbs:

III
noun (pl -ties) (colloq) (bottle) envase m (vacío), casco m (Esp, Méx)
['emptɪ]
1. ADJ
(compar emptier) (superl emptiest)
1) (=containing nothing, nobody) [box, bottle, glass, street, room, hands] vacío; [seat, chair] (in bus, restaurant) libre, desocupado; (in living room) vacío; [place] desierto; [landscape] desierto, desolado; [gun] descargado; [post, job] vacante

the flat next door is empty — (=unoccupied) el piso de al lado está desocupado

to be empty of sth, the parks are empty of children — en los parques no hay niños

his face was empty of all expression — su rostro no expresaba ninguna emoción

she was staring into empty space — miraba al infinito

there was an empty space at the table — había un sitio vacío or sin ocupar en la mesa

on an empty stomach — en ayunas, con el estómago vacío

2) (=meaningless) [threat, promise, dream] vano; [words, rhetoric] hueco, vacío; [exercise] inútil; [life] sin sentido, vacío

it's an empty gesture — es un gesto vacío

she felt trapped in an empty marriage — se sentía atrapada en una relación matrimonial vacía

his promises were just so much empty talk — sus promesas no eran más que palabras huecas or vanas

my life is empty without you — mi vida no tiene sentido sin ti

3) (=numb) [person] vacío; [feeling] de vacío

when I heard the news I felt empty — cuando me enteré de la noticia me sentí vacío

2. N
1) (usu pl) (=empty bottle) envase m (vacío), casco m (vacío); (=empty glass) vaso m (vacío)
2) (Aut)

the car was running on empty — el coche estaba con el depósito vacío

I was running on empty — (fig) no me quedaba energía

3.
VT [+ container, tank, glass, plate] vaciar

television has emptied the cinemas — la televisión ha dejado los cines vacíos

I emptied the dirty water down the drain — tiré el agua sucia por el sumidero

she emptied the ashtray into the bin — vació el cenicero en el cubo de la basura

we emptied the cupboards of junk — vaciamos los armarios de trastos

he emptied the gun of bullets — descargó la pistola

I tried to empty my mind of distractions — intenté vaciar la mente de distracciones

I emptied the contents of the bag onto the bed — vacié la bolsa en la cama

to empty out one's pockets — vaciarse los bolsillos

he emptied the water out of his boots — se sacó el agua de las botas

4. VI
1) (=become empty) [room, building, theatre, bath] vaciarse; [street] quedarse desierto, vaciarse; [train, coach, plane] quedarse vacío, vaciarse

the auditorium quickly emptied of students — los estudiantes desalojaron el auditorio rápidamente

2) (=flow)

to empty into sth — [river] desembocar en algo

* * *

I ['empti]
adjective -tier, -tiest <container/table> vacío; <words/gesture/life> vacío; <threat/promise> vano

II
1.
-ties, -tying, -tied transitive verb
a) \<\<container/warehouse\>\> vaciar*
b) (take or pour out)

she emptied the water down the sink — tiró el agua por el fregadero

she emptied the contents all over the floor — vació la caja (or el bolso etc) en el suelo


2.
vi \<\<room/street\>\> vaciarse*; \<\<river/stream\>\>

to empty INTO something — desaguar* en algo

Phrasal Verbs:

III
noun (pl -ties) (colloq) (bottle) envase m (vacío), casco m (Esp, Méx)

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