Empty in spanish
Vacío
pronunciation: bɑθioʊ part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: bɑθioʊ part of speech: adjective
In gestures
empty [emptier -comp., emptiest -sup.]1 = vacío. [Pincha en o en para ver otros adjetivos cuyo grados comparativos y superlativos se formas añadiendo "-er" o "-est" (o sus variantes "-r" o "-st") al final]
Example: When DOBIS/Leuven is ready and waiting for input, the line is empty.more:
» empty-handed = con las manos vacías.
Example: An expert team on explosives from Australia returns empty handed as two countries fail to agree on terms and conditions.» empty-headed = cabeza hueca, cabeza de chorlito.
Example: Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.» fall into + (empty) space = caída al vacío.
Example: His fall into empty space could have been lethal.» fall into + (empty) space = caer al vacío, precipitarse al vacío, caer en la nada.
Example: People thought that the world was flat and one would fall into space if you sailed over the horizon.» fill + an empty stomach = llenar un estómago vacío.
Example: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.» from an empty slate = partiendo de cero.
Example: The article 'Creation of an academic library: lessons from an empty slate' describes the construction of a new library at Arizona State University.» lead + an empty life = llevar una vida vacía.
Example: With a job that had him traveling around the country, he led an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company did the unexpected: fire him.» leave + Nombre + cold and empty = dejar frío y vacío.
Example: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.empty2 = vaciar, quedar vacío.
Example: When student mobilisation started in June 43, the library rooms began to empty.more:
» empty into = desembocar en, vaciar en.
Example: Mississippi is named for the Mississippi river which forms its western boundary and empties into the Gulf of Mexico.