empty

vacío

empty(ehmp-ti)

adjective

1. (containing nothing)

a. vacío

The jar is empty.

El frasco está vacío.

b. desocupado (building)

During the summer, the school is empty.

En el verano, la escuela está desocupada.

c. desierto (street or spot)

It was very hot and the streets were empty.

Hacía mucho calor y las calles estaban desiertas.

d. descargado (revolver)

He aimed his gun at us, but it was empty.

Nos apuntó con la pistola, pero estaba descargada.

2. (superficial)

a. vacío (words)

Your empty words are no comfort to me.

Tus palabras vacías no me sirven de consuelo.

b. vano (attempt or promise)

He bought her a ring in an empty attempt to regain her love.

Le compró un anillo en un vano intento de recuperar su amor.

3. (devoid of feelings)

a. vacío

I feel empty since he left.

Me siento vacía desde que se fue.

4. (available)

a. vacío

You can sit with us. There are two empty spaces at our table.

Pueden sentarse con nosotros. Hay dos sitios vacíos en nuestra mesa.

b. libre (seat)

Is this seat empty?

¿Está libre este asiento?

c. vacante (post)

The new measures will favor the creation of empty posts.

Las nuevas medidas favorecerán la creación de puestos vacantes.

transitive verb

5. (to remove contents)

a. vaciar

Empty the bottle completely before recycling it.

Vacía la botella del todo antes de reciclarla.

intransitive verb

6. (to become empty)

a. vaciarse

The streets emptied at sunset.

Las calles se vaciaron al atardecer.

7. (to flow)

a. desembocar

Several streets empty into the square.

Varias calles desembocan en la plaza.

noun

8. (bottle)

a. el envase

(M)

You can recycle the empties.

Puedes reciclar los envases.

empty

adjective

1. (container, existence)

a. vacío(a)

on an empty stomachcon el estómago vacío

transitive verb

2. (general)

a. vaciar

intransitive verb

3. (general)

a. vaciarse

Noun

4. (bottle)

a.

emptiescascos mpl

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empty [ˈemptɪ]

adjective

emptier (comparative)emptiest (superlative)

1 (containing nothing, nobody) [+box, bottle, glass, street, room, hands] vacío

the room looked empty without the pictures

[+seat, chair] (in bus, restaurant) libre; desocupado; (in living room) vacío; [+place] desierto; [+landscape] desierto; desolado; [+gun] descargado; [+post, job] vacante

there was an empty seat next to the window she looked at the chair, now empty, where the old man used to sit is this seat empty?

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

my stomach is empty

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 left empty of feeling He lives in a flat empty of almost any furnishings

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

empty vessels make the most noise mucho ruido y pocas nueces

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

it was just empty talk; he had no intention of emigrating

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

noun

1 (usu pl) (empty bottle) envase (m) (vacío); casco (m) (vacío); (empty glass) vaso (m) (vacío)

the barlady went around collecting the empties

2 (Aut)

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

I was running on empty no me quedaba energía

transitive verb

[+container, tank, glass, plate] vaciar

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

His singing emptied the room he emptied his plate in five minutes flat

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

he emptied the apples out of a barrel into a bag

intransitive verb

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