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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈva.kwo/, (traditional) /ˈva.ku.o/[1]
- Rhymes: -akwo, (traditional) -akuo
- Hyphenation: và‧cuo, (traditional) và‧cu‧o
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin vacuus.
Adjective
vacuo (feminine vacua, masculine plural vacui, feminine plural vacue) (literary)
- empty, devoid
- Synonyms: mancante, privo, vuoto
- (figurative) vacuous, vacant, empty, blank
Derived terms
Noun
vacuo m (plural vacui)
- an empty space
Further reading
- vacuo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vacuo
- first-person singular present indicative of vacuare
References
Latin
Adjective
vacuō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vacuus
References
- “vacuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vacuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vacuus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbakwo/
- Rhymes: -akwo
- Syllabification: va‧cuo
Adjective
vacuo (feminine vacua, masculine plural vacuos, feminine plural vacuas)
- empty; vacant
- Synonyms: vacío, vacante
Noun
vacuo m (plural vacuos)
- empty space, gap
- Synonyms: vacío, hueco
Further reading