archive [ˈɑːkaɪv]
archive(
ar
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kayv
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (collection of documents)
a. el archivo
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I read a newspaper from the year 1920 in the library's archive.Leí un periódico del año 1920 en el archivo de la biblioteca.
2. (computing)
a. el archivo
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
On this page, you can search the archives to find old websites.En esta página, puedes buscar en los archivos para encontrar sitios web antiguos.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (to store)
a. archivar
We used to archive these documents in a file cabinet, but now we can use the computer.Solíamos archivar estos documentos en un fichero, pero ahora podemos usar la computadora.
archive
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. ((gen) &)
a. el archivo (computers)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
The word archivé is the preterite form of archivar in the first person singular. See the full archivar conjugation.
archivar(
ahr
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chee
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bahr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to save)
a. to file
Archivé los recibos y las facturas en el fichero.I filed the receipts and the invoices in the cabinet.
b. to archive
La secretaria envió el documento original y archivó la fotocopia.The secretary sent the original document and archived the photocopy.
c. to store
Todos los contratos laborales están archivados en mi oficina.All the employment contracts are stored in my office.
2. (to put to rest)
a. to close the file on
La policía archivó el caso por falta de pruebas.The police closed the file on the case due to lack of evidence.
b. to shelve (temporarily)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g. carrot, bean).
(figurative)
El Congreso archivó el proyecto de ley.The Congress shelved the bill.
c. to put to the back of one's mind
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g. carrot, bean).
(figurative)
Archivé el viaje porque en estos días no tengo tiempo libre.I put the trip to the back of my mind because these days I don't have free time.
d. to put on the back burner
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g. carrot, bean).
(figurative)
Archivamos el proyecto porque ya no es una prioridad.We put the project on the back burner because it's no longer a priority.
3. (to put in jail)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
a. to jail
El delincuente no fue archivado, pero tuvo que hacer servicio comunitario.The criminal wasn't jailed, but he had to complete community service.
archivar
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. ((gen) &)
a. to file
2. (fig)
a. to push to the back of one's mind
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Verb Conjugations for archivar
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