la
feminine
/kaɾˈpeta/
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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.
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