carpet

carpet
1. noun
(a woven covering for floors etc.) alfombra

2. verb
(to cover with a carpet: They haven't carpeted the floor yet.) cubrir con una alfombra
carpet n alfombra / moqueta
carpet
tr['kɑːpɪt]
noun
1 (gen) alfombra; (fitted) moqueta
2 figurative use alfombra
transitive verb
1 alfombrar, enmoquetar
2 figurative use cubrir, alfombrar
3 familiar (reprimand) echarle una bronca a
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be on the carpet caerle a uno una buena
to sweep something under the carpet correr un velo sobre algo, echar tierra encima de algo
carpet slippers zapatillas nombre femenino plural
carpet sweeper cepillo mecánico (para alfombras)
carpet ['kɑrpət] vt
: alfombrar
carpet n
: alfombra f
carpet
n.
• alfombra s.f.
• entapizado s.m.
• tapiz s.m.
v.
• alfombrar v.
• entapizar v.
• felpar v.
• tapizar v.

I 'kɑːrpət, 'kɑːpɪt
noun
a) c (rug) alfombra f, tapete m (Col, Méx, Ven); (before n)

carpet beater — sacudidor m (de alfombras); pull I 1) b), sweep II 1) b)

b) u c (wall-to-wall) alfombra f, moqueta f (Esp), moquette f (RPl)
c) c (of flowers, leaves, moss) (liter) alfombra f (liter)

II
transitive verb \<\<floor/room\>\> alfombrar, enmoquetar (Esp)
['kɑːpɪt]
1.
N alfombra f ; (small) tapete m ; (fitted) moqueta f

a carpet of leaves — (fig) una alfombra de hojas

- be on the carpet
- roll out the red carpet for sb
2. VT
1) [+ floor] (wall to wall) enmoquetar; (with individual rugs) alfombrar (with de)
2) * (=scold)

to carpet sb — echar un rapapolvo a algn *

3.
CPD

carpet bag N — (US) maletín m , morral m

carpet bombing N — bombardeo m de arrasamiento

carpet slippers NPL — zapatillas fpl

carpet square, carpet tile N — loseta f

carpet sweeper N — escoba f mecánica

* * *

I ['kɑːrpət, 'kɑːpɪt]
noun
a) c (rug) alfombra f, tapete m (Col, Méx, Ven); (before n)

carpet beater — sacudidor m (de alfombras); pull I 1) b), sweep II 1) b)

b) u c (wall-to-wall) alfombra f, moqueta f (Esp), moquette f (RPl)
c) c (of flowers, leaves, moss) (liter) alfombra f (liter)

II
transitive verb \<\<floor/room\>\> alfombrar, enmoquetar (Esp)

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