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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /esˈpaθjo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /esˈpasjo/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθjo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -asjo
- Syllabification: es‧pa‧cio
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin spatium.
Noun
espacio m (plural espacios)
- space (distance between things)
- space (physical extent across two or three dimensions)
- space (physical extent in all directions; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere)
- space (the near-vacuum in which celestial bodies are situated)
- space (the physical and psychological area one needs)
- space (an area with set boundaries)
- space; course; period (an undefined period of time)
1971, Rafael Cansinos-Asséns, Libro de las mil y una noches, volume 2, page 582:Asentáronse en la ciudad por espacio de cuarenta días, gozando de una adiafa generosa y magnífica.
They settled in the city for the period of thirty days, enjoying a generous and magnificent adiafa.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- space (a gap in text between words, lines, etc.)
- (typography) space (a piece of metal type used to separate words)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
espacio
- first-person singular present indicative of espaciar
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