vacío

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See also: vacio and vació

Asturian

Adjective

vacío

  1. neuter of vacíu

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin vacīvus, from vacō. Compare Portuguese vazio and Spanish vacío.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /baˈθio/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /baˈsio/

  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: va‧cí‧o

Adjective

vacío (feminine vacía, masculine plural vacíos, feminine plural vacías)

  1. (dated) empty
    • 1484, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 127:
      Iten, mando mays á dita Contança Gonçales, miña muller, a quarta parte da adega dos Vrancos, por quanto eu e ela conpramos a metade da dita adega a Meen Suares Galinato, e mándolle mays a cuba en que teño o viño branco e mays outras duas cubas que son dentro ena dita adega aa maao esquerda, vasyas, que teñen cada una doze moyos de lagar, e mays lle mando una cama de roupa con quatro cabeçaás e un colchón e un almadraque e con suas sabaas e media duzia d'almofadas e con hua manta de picote, e se ouver em casa un par de colchas, que aja ela una delas.
      Item, I devise said Constanza González, my wife, a fourth of the wine cellar of Os Brancos, since we both bought a half of it from Men Suarez Galiñato; and I also bequeath a cask in which I have the white wine, and also two other casks that are inside that wine cellar, on the left, empty, each one having twelve modii; and also bequeath to her a clothed bed with four pillows and a mattress and a mat, and with its sheets and half a dozen cushions and a wool blanket, and if there are in house a pair of quilts, she should have one
    Synonym: baleiro

Noun

vacío m (plural vacíos)

  1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) flank
    Synonyms: illar, illarga

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /baˈθio/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /baˈsio/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification: va‧cí‧o

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish vazio, bazio, from Latin vacīvus, from vacō (to be empty).

Adjective

vacío (feminine vacía, masculine plural vacíos, feminine plural vacías)

  1. empty, vacant
    Synonyms: vacuo, vacante
    Antonym: lleno
Derived terms

Noun

vacío m (plural vacíos)

  1. vacuum, void
  2. empty space; gap
    Synonyms: hueco, vacuo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

vacío

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vaciar

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