Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/kaɾˈpeta/

Line drawing of carpeta
Coloured illustration of carpeta
#4915 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

folder, file

Word origin

From Italian carpetta, ultimately from Latin carpere ('to pluck, to card wool'). English 'carpet' shares the same root, but the Spanish word means a folder, not a floor covering, so it is a false friend.

Origin
Latin
Root
carpere
English cognates
carpet

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralcarpetas

Examples

documentos .

Keep the documents in this blue folder.

.

I cannot find the folder with the contracts.

¿ ordenador?

Have you already created the folder on the computer?

alumno .

Each pupil has a folder with their marks.

facturas .

The folder was full of old invoices.

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 99.