empty in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for empty in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.empty <emptier, emptiest> [Am ˈɛm(p)ti, Brit ˈɛm(p)ti] ADJ

1.1. empty:

empty bottle/box/nest

vacío

empty revolver

descargado

you can't work on an empty stomach

no se puede trabajar con el estómago vacío

1.2. empty:

empty restaurant/room/street

vacío

empty seat/table/place

libre

empty seat/table/place

desocupado

the office seems empty since she left

desde que se fue se nota un vacío en la oficina

the jails are now empty of political prisoners

en las cárceles ya no quedan presos políticos

2.1. empty:

empty words/gesture

vacío

empty words/gesture

hueco

empty words/gesture

vacío de significado

empty threat/promise

vano

empty pleasures/pursuits

vano

it was an empty boast

no fue más que una fanfarronada

2.2. empty (devoid of emotion, interest):

empty life

vacío

I have an empty feeling inside

tengo una sensación de vacío or me siento vacío

she felt empty

se sentía vacía

II.empty <empties, emptying, emptied> [Am ˈɛm(p)ti, Brit ˈɛm(p)ti] VB trans

1. empty container/tank/warehouse:

empty

vaciar

he was told to empty his pockets

le ordenaron que vaciara los bolsillos

she emptied the saucepan over his head

le vació la cacerola en la cabeza

to empty sth of sth the thieves emptied the house of its entire contents

los ladrones vaciaron la casa

to empty sth of sth the thieves emptied the house of its entire contents

los ladrones dejaron la casa limpia inf

first empty your mind of all preconceptions

primero olvida todas tus ideas preconcebidas

2. empty (eat or drink contents of):

empty cup/glass

vaciar

empty plate

dejar limpio

3. empty (take or pour out):

he emptied the ash from his pipe into the ashtray

vació la pipa en el cenicero

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

III.empty <empties, emptying, emptied> [Am ˈɛm(p)ti, Brit ˈɛm(p)ti] VB intr

1. empty:

empty room/street:

vaciarse

empty bath/tank:

vaciarse

to empty of sth the streets emptied of people

las calles se quedaron desiertas or se vaciaron

2. empty river/stream:

to empty into sth

desaguar en algo

to empty into sth

verter sus aguas en algo liter

IV.empty <pl empties> [Am ˈɛm(p)ti, Brit ˈɛm(p)ti] N inf (bottle)

empty

envase m (vacío)

empty

casco m Spain Mex

to run on empty (with little fuel)

tener el tanque vacío

to run on empty (with little energy)

estar sin fuerzas

empty out VB [Am ˈɛm(p)ti -, Brit ˈɛm(p)ti -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

1. empty out bag/drawer/pockets:

empty out

vaciar

2. empty out garbage:

empty out

tirar

empty out

botar LatAm excl RioPl

I emptied the dirty laundry out onto the floor

vacié la canasta de la ropa sucia en el suelo

don't empty the water out

no vacíes la bañera (or el lavabo etc.)

empty-headed [Am ˌɛm(p)tiˈhɛdəd, Brit] ADJ

what an empty-headed creature!

¡pero qué cabeza hueca!

empty-handed [Am ˌɛm(p)tiˈhændəd, Brit ˌɛmptɪˈhandɪd] ADV

empty-handed

con las manos vacías

empty nester [Am, Brit] N inf

empty nester

persona casada cuyos hijos han abandonado el hogar

half-empty [ˌhɑːfˈɛmpti] ADJ

half-empty

medio vacío

Translations for empty in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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desagotar

to empty

retórica, tb. retóricas

empty rhetoric

deshabitado (deshabitada) edificio

empty

el pueblo quedó deshabitado

the village was left empty o uninhabited

vacante piso/asiento

empty

hay cinco camas vacantes en el hospital

the hospital has five empty beds

empty in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for empty in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.empty [ˈempti] -ier, -iest -ie- -ie- -ies ADJ

1. empty (with nothing inside):

empty

vacío, -a

empty lorry, ship, train

sin carga

empty house

desocupado, -a

2. empty (useless):

empty

inútil

empty words

vano, -a

empty phrase

frase vacía

II.empty [ˈempti] -ier, -iest -ie- -ie- -ies VB trans

empty (pour)

verter

empty (deprive of contents)

vaciar

III.empty [ˈempti] -ier, -iest -ie- -ie- -ies VB intr

empty

vaciarse

empty river

desembocar

to empty into the Nile

desembocar en el Nilo

IV.empty [ˈempti] -ier, -iest -ie- -ie- -ies N pl

empty

envases m pl (vacíos)

empty weight N

empty weight

tara f

empty-headed ADJ

empty-headed

casquivano, -a

half-empty ADJ

half-empty

medio vacío, -a

empty out VB trans

empty out

vaciar

empty-handed [ˌemptɪˈhændɪd] ADJ

empty-handed

con las manos vacías

Translations for empty in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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palabrería

(empty) words

floreo

empty talk

hueco (-a) (vacío)

empty

hueco (-a)

empty

vacío (-a) (sin contenido, sin gente)

empty

volver de vacío fig

to come back empty-handed

empty Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

empty phrase

frase vacía

to empty into the Nile

desembocar en el Nilo

half empty/full

medio vacío/lleno

to empty the bottle of beer

escurrir la (botella de) cerveza

your words were no more than empty promises

tus palabras fueron papel mojado

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There was a half-empty wine bottle nearby.

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If both players decide to shaft, both players walk away empty-handed.

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Thus, in principle, the motion of two oppositely charged particles in empty space would also be an ellipse.

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Gray's empty boiler suit and mask are on a stand on stage throughout the set which is emblazoned at times with his band number: two.

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It's an oft-repeated story that has left cities across the nation littered with abandoned concrete shells and half-empty malls.

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These ghostly corporate shells live adjacent to run down thrift stores, empty retail sites and outdated technology shops.

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The hall was empty for twenty years from the late 1970s and was becoming dangerously unsafe, with incipient damp and rot.

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She can't go up the stairs, so there's a commode to empty out.

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In many high-tech businesses, attrition of talented human resources often means an empty shell is left behind for the new owner.

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If a child's baby tooth is lost before the permanent tooth is ready to erupt, adjacent teeth will drift and tip into the empty space.

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