was empty
The pantry was empty.
La caja que él encontró estaba vacía.
The box he found was empty.
I opened the box, it was empty.
Pero la bolsa estaba vacía, no estaba el cassette.
But the bag was empty; the cassette wasn't there.
— Diva (1981)
The box wasn’t empty.
The room was empty.
La estación estaba vacía porque era domingo.
The station was empty because it was Sunday.
Él no recuerda si esa habitación estaba vacía o no.
He doesn't remember whether that room was empty or not.
The box was empty.
I opened the box - it was empty.