empty

vacío

Que no contiene personas ni cosas.

En inglés sencillo: Containing no people or things.

• The bottle is empty.
• We walked through the empty streets.
• Is there an empty seat near the window?

Sinónimos: vacant

Antónimos: full

Expresiones frecuentes: empty bottle, empty room, empty box, empty purse

vacío, vano

Que carece de verdadero sentido, sentimientos sinceros o posibilidades de producir resultados.

En inglés sencillo: Without real meaning, honest feeling, or any likely result.

• His apology was just empty words.
• They made empty promises about improving the roads.
• She refused to be frightened by his empty threats.

Sinónimos: hollow, meaningless, insincere

Antónimos: meaningful, sincere

Expresiones frecuentes: empty words, empty promise, empty threat

vaciar

Sacar todo lo que hay dentro de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To remove everything from inside something.

• Please empty the bin.
• She emptied her bag onto the bed.
• Have you emptied the dishwasher?

Cómo se usa: empty something into/onto something (He emptied the water into the sink.); empty something of something (We emptied the room of furniture.)

Sinónimos: clear out

Antónimos: fill

Expresiones frecuentes: empty the bin, empty your pockets, empty something out

desembocar

Dicho de una corriente de agua, llegar a otro río, al mar o a su destino final.

En inglés sencillo: To flow into another body of water or a final destination.

• The river empties into the sea.
• Several streams empty into this lake.
• The channel emptied into a wide bay.

Cómo se usa: empty into something (The stream empties into the river.)

Sinónimos: flow, drain

Expresiones frecuentes: empty into something, empty into the sea

envase vacío, botella vacía

Botella u otro recipiente que queda vacío después de usar su contenido.

En inglés sencillo: A bottle or other container with nothing left inside after its contents have been used.

• Put that empty in the recycling box.
• We collected the empties after the party.
• The shop gives a refund for each empty.

Expresiones frecuentes: another empty, return an empty, discard an empty