file
A. -noun
1. (=folder) carpeta (f)
(=dossier)   archivo (m),   carpeta (f), expediente (m) (for example loose-leaf file)   archivador (m), clasificador (m)
(=bundle of papers) legajo (m)
(=filing system) fichero (m)
·the files
·los archivos
·the Lucan file
·el expediente Lucan
·police files
·archivos policiales
·to close the file on something
·dar carpetazo a algo
·to have something on file
·tener algo archivado
·to have a file on somebody
·tener fichado a somebody, someone
2. (computing)   fichero (m), archivo (m)
·to open/close a file
·abrir/cerrar un fichero or archivo
B. -transitive verb
1. also file away
[+notes, information, work] archivar (under heading) clasificar
2. (=submit)
[+claim, application, complaint] presentar
·to file a petition for divorce
·entablar pleito de divorcio
·to file a suit against somebody
(law, legal) entablar pleito or presentar una demanda contra somebody, someone
C. -compound
·file clerk -noun
(United States) archivero (m) / archivera (f)
·file name -noun (computing)   nombre (m) de fichero, nombre (m) de archivo
·file server -noun (law, legal) portador (m) / portadoa (f)