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1 empty
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1. adjective1) (having nothing inside: an empty box; an empty cup.) vacío2) (unoccupied: an empty house.) desocupado, vacío3) ((with of) completely without: a street quite empty of people.) desierto, vacío4) (having no practical result; (likely to be) unfulfilled: empty threats.) vano
2. verb1) (to make or become empty: He emptied the jug; The cinema emptied quickly at 10.30; He emptied out his pockets.) vaciarse2) (to tip, pour, or fall out of a container: She emptied the milk into a pan; The rubbish emptied on to the ground.) verter, derramar
3. noun(an empty bottle etc: Take the empties back to the shop.) envase vacío- empty-handed
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empty1 adj vacíoempty2 vb vaciartr['emptɪ]1 (gen) vacío,-a; (place) desierto,-a; (house) desocupado,-a, deshabitado,-a; (seat, table, palce) libre, desocupado■ ten minutes after a Chinese meal I feel empty again diez minutos después de una comida china vuelvo a tener hambre3 (purposeless) vano,-a, inútil; (meaningless) carente de sentido; (words, threats, promises) vano,-a1 vaciar1 vaciarse2 (of rivers) desembocar ( into, en)1 envases nombre masculino plural, cascos nombre masculino plural: vaciarempty vi: desaguar (dícese de un río)1) : vacío2) vacant: desocupado, libre3) meaningless: vacío, hueco, vanoadj.• desocupado, -a adj.• hueco, -a adj.• vacante adj.• vacío, -a adj.• vano, -a adj.v.• desaguar v.• desaguazar v.• desangrar v.• descargar v.• desembarazar v.• desembocar v.• desocupar v.• vaciar v.• verter v.
I 'emptiadjective -tier, -tiest <container/table> vacío; <words/gesture/life> vacío; <threat/promise> vano
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-ties, -tying, -tied transitive verba) \<\<container/warehouse\>\> vaciar*b) ( take or pour out)she emptied the contents all over the floor — vació la caja (or el bolso etc) en el suelo
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vi \<\<room/street\>\> vaciarse*; \<\<river/stream\>\>to empty INTO something — desaguar* en algo
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['emptɪ]1. ADJ(compar emptier) (superl emptiest)1) (=containing nothing, nobody) [box, bottle, glass, street, room, hands] vacío; [seat, chair] (in bus, restaurant) libre, desocupado; (in living room) vacío; [place] desierto; [landscape] desierto, desolado; [gun] descargado; [post, job] vacantethe flat next door is empty — (=unoccupied) el piso de al lado está desocupado
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to be empty of sth, the parks are empty of children — en los parques no hay niñosthere was an empty space at the table — había un sitio vacío or sin ocupar en la mesa
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on an empty stomach — en ayunas, con el estómago vacío2) (=meaningless) [threat, promise, dream] vano; [words, rhetoric] hueco, vacío; [exercise] inútil; [life] sin sentido, vacío•
my life is empty without you — mi vida no tiene sentido sin ti3) (=numb) [person] vacío; [feeling] de vacío2. N2) (Aut)•
the car was running on empty — el coche estaba con el depósito vacíoI was running on empty — (fig) no me quedaba energía
3.VT [+ container, tank, glass, plate] vaciar•
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•
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 botas4. VI1) (=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 rápidamente2) (=flow)* * *
I ['empti]adjective -tier, -tiest <container/table> vacío; <words/gesture/life> vacío; <threat/promise> vano
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-ties, -tying, -tied transitive verba) \<\<container/warehouse\>\> vaciar*b) ( take or pour out)she emptied the contents all over the floor — vació la caja (or el bolso etc) en el suelo
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vi \<\<room/street\>\> vaciarse*; \<\<river/stream\>\>to empty INTO something — desaguar* en algo
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2 threat
Ɵret1) (a warning that one is going to hurt or punish someone: He will certainly carry out his threat to harm you.) amenaza2) (a sign of something dangerous or unpleasant which may be, or is, about to happen: a threat of rain.) amenaza3) (a source of danger: His presence is a threat to our plan/success.) amenaza•- threatenthreat n amenazatr[ɵret]1 amenaza\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLdeath threat amenaza de muerteempty threat amenaza vananuclear threat amenaza nuclearthreat ['ɵrɛt] n: amenaza fn.• amago s.m.• amenaza s.f.• reto s.m.θretnoun amenaza fto make a threat against somebody — amenazar* a alguien
to obtain money with threats — (AmE Law) obtener* dinero mediante intimidación or amenazas
to be under threat — \<\<way of life\>\> verse* amenazado; \<\<factory\>\> estar* bajo amenaza de cierre
[θret]N amenaza fto be a threat to sth/sb — ser una amenaza para algo/algn
agricultural land is under threat from urban development — las tierras de cultivo se ven amenazadas por el crecimiento de las ciudades
* * *[θret]noun amenaza fto make a threat against somebody — amenazar* a alguien
to obtain money with threats — (AmE Law) obtener* dinero mediante intimidación or amenazas
to be under threat — \<\<way of life\>\> verse* amenazado; \<\<factory\>\> estar* bajo amenaza de cierre
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