carpet

alfombra, moqueta

Material grueso y suave que se coloca sobre el suelo.

En inglés sencillo: A thick, soft material used to cover a floor.

• The carpet feels soft under my feet.
• We bought new carpets for the bedrooms.
• Please wipe your shoes before stepping on the carpet.

Sinónimos: carpeting

Expresiones frecuentes: fitted carpet, carpet on something, carpet cleaner

manto, alfombra

Capa gruesa de algo que cubre una superficie.

En inglés sencillo: A thick layer of something that covers a surface.

• A carpet of snow covered the fields.
• We walked across a soft carpet of moss.
• The garden became a carpet of yellow flowers.

Cómo se usa: a carpet of something (A carpet of leaves covered the path.)

Sinónimos: layer, covering, blanket

Expresiones frecuentes: carpet of leaves, carpet of snow, carpet of flowers

enmoquetar, alfombrar

Cubrir el suelo de una habitación con alfombra o moqueta.

En inglés sencillo: To cover a floor or room with a thick, soft material.

• We plan to carpet the bedroom.
• They carpeted the stairs last week.
• The entire office is carpeted in blue.

Expresiones frecuentes: carpet a room, carpet the stairs, carpet a floor

cubrir, tapizar

Cubrir por completo una superficie con una capa de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To cover a surface completely with a layer of something.

• Leaves carpeted the ground.
• The hillside was carpeted with wild flowers.
• Broken glass carpets the road after the crash.

Cómo se usa: be carpeted with something (The path was carpeted with fallen leaves.)

Sinónimos: cover, blanket

Expresiones frecuentes: carpet the ground, carpet the forest, carpet with something