espacio
See also: espació
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /esˈpaθjo/ [esˈpa.θjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /esˈpasjo/ [esˈpa.sjo]
- (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, vol. 2, p. 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.
- 1971, Rafael Cansinos-Asséns, Libro de las mil y una noches, vol. 2, p. 582:
- space (a gap in text between words, lines, etc.)
- (typography) space (a piece of metal type used to separate words)
Derived terms
- autoespacio
- eigenespacio
- espacio aéreo
- espacio de fases
- espacio euclídeo
- espacio exterior
- espacio fásico
- espacio intervelloso
- espacio propio
- espaciotemporal
- espacio vectorial
- espacio vital
Related terms
- espacial
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
espacio
- first-person singular present indicative of espaciar
Further reading
- “espacio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014