carpeta

Catalan

Etymology

From French carpette.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

carpeta f (plural carpetes)

  1. folder
  2. (computing) folder, directory

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

FWOTD – 26 October 2012

Etymology

From French carpette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈpeta/ [kaɾˈpe.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: car‧pe‧ta

Noun

carpeta f (plural carpetas)

  1. folder (an organizer that papers are kept in)
    • 2003, Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City, Yale University Press, page 112:
      Todavía conservo una carpeta, con huellas circulares de cerveza, que contiene la traducción de los prolegómenos de Piero Manzoni y los manifestos spazialistas de Lucio Fontana, la tradrucción de una entrevista con Gerhard Richter, []
      I still keep a folder, with circular beer-can marks, that contains the translation of Piero Manzoni’s prolegomena and Lucio Fontana’s spatialist manifestos, the translation of an interview with Gerhard Richter, []
  2. (computing) folder, directory (virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored)
    • 2008, Osvaldo Toja Suárez, 200 Respuestas: Redes, USERSHOP, page 117:
      Si teníamos ese archivo dentro de una carpeta donde había varios archivos que no nos interesaban compartir, teníamos que crear una nueva carpeta, copiar o mover el archivo allí y recién entonces, compartirla.
      If we had this file in a folder where there were several files that weren’t in our interest sharing, we had to create a new folder, copy or move the file there and just then share it.
    Synonym: directorio
  3. (Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay) lace doily
  4. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) tablecloth
  5. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) billiard cloth, gambling table cloth
  6. (Cuba) hotel reception, reception desk at a hotel
  7. (Louisiana, Spanglish) carpet

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