English-Spanish translations for carpet

• alfombra
  No podemos esconder las cuestiones de las minorías bajo la alfombra. We cannot sweep minority issues in Europe under the carpet.
  Sólo había una alfombra en medio de la calzada y eso era todo. There was a simple carpet in the middle of the road and that was all.
  Los derechos humanos no pueden ser barridos bajo la alfombra a causa de los intereses económicos. Human rights cannot be swept under the carpet because of economic interests.
• alfombrar
• cubrir
• moqueta
  Sugiero que, si algunos diputados se centraran menos en las moquetas y en Beethoven y más en la entrega al trabajo real del Parlamento, no tendríamos que pedir la confianza de los votantes. I suggest that if some Members focused less on carpets and Beethoven and more on carrying out Parliament's real work, we would not have to ask for voters' trust.

Definition of carpet

• A fabric used as a complete floor covering
• Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function
• Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily
• A woman's pubic hair
• To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area
• To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something
• To reprimand

Examples

• After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring
• The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house
• Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema

Related words

• carpeting
• carpetbeater
• carpetbag
• carpetbagger
• carpetmaker
• carpetlayer
• Carpetanian
• carpet bombing
• carpet knife