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empty(
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
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.
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.
a. vacío
I feel empty since he left.Me siento vacía desde que se fue.
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.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
transitive verb
a. vaciar
Empty the bottle completely before recycling it.Vacía la botella del todo antes de reciclarla.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
a. vaciarse
The streets emptied at sunset.Las calles se vaciaron al atardecer.
a. desembocar
Several streets empty into the square.Varias calles desembocan en la plaza.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el envase
(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).
(M)
You can recycle the empties.Puedes reciclar los envases.
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