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Galician
Noun
espaço m (plural espaços, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of espazo
Further reading
- “espaço” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Latin spatium. Compare Spanish espacio.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -asu
- Hyphenation: es‧pa‧ço
Noun
espaço m (plural espaços)
- space:
- interval of time
- empty space
- (geometry) set of points
- (mathematics) generalized construct or set
- (astronomy) universe beyond the earth's atmosphere; outer space
- (typography) gap between written characters
- Ellipsis of espaço pessoal (“personal freedom”).
- (computing) Ellipsis of barra de espaço.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:espaço.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “espaço” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Etymology 2
Verb
espaço
- first-person singular present indicative of espaçar