folder (an organizer that papers are kept in); folder, directory (virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored); lace doily; billiard cloth, gambling table cloth; people skills
“Todavía conservo una carpeta, con huellas circulares de cerveza, que contiene la traducción de los prolegómenos de Piero Manzoni y los manifestos spazialistas de Lucio Fontana, la tradrucción de una entrevista con Gerhard Richter, […]” — I still keep a folder, with circular beer-can marks, that contains the translation of Piero Manzoni’s prolegomena and Lucio Fontana’s spatialist manifestos, the translation of an interview with Gerhard Richter, […]
Synonyms: directorio, alfombra
Borrowed from French carpette. Alternatively, may be a diminutive of Spanish carpa, tent/canopy. Cognate with English carpet although a false friend.