This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for November 29, 2008

carpa - feminine noun (la) - tent, carp. Look up carpa in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/carpa)

Vamos a rentar una carpa para la reunión familiar por si llueve.
Let's rent a tent for the family reunion in case it rains.

It sound same to a Circus ten.

Carpa de circo.

is a carp a tent? what does it look like? I've never heard of it......only the fish carp

Another word for a tent is la tienda. This also happens to be the word for a store.

is a carp a tent? what does it look like? I've never heard of it......only the fish carp

One word is used to mean two different things - a fish and a tent.

ok cool :) thanks for the info. *Takes notes in my brain*

It does look like circus tent, on my country is named circus tent.

what looks like a circus tent??

Carpa de circo, I told you before, Didn't you remember that?

oh yes you did that's right.

I suppose that, better you tell me that.

carpa de circo looks like a circus tent? that's what you told me

carpa de circo looks like a circus tent? that's what you told me
Yes, that is right.