espacio

See also: espació

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpaθjo/ [esˈpa.θjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /esˈpasjo/ [esˈpa.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθjo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: es‧pa‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin spatium.

Noun

espacio m (plural espacios)

1. space (distance between things)
2. space (physical extent across two or three dimensions)
3. space (physical extent in all directions; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere)
4. space (the near-vacuum in which celestial bodies are situated)
5. space (the physical and psychological area one needs)
6. space (an area with set boundaries)
7. 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)

8. space (a gap in text between words, lines, etc.)
9. (typography) space (a piece of metal type used to separate words)

Derived terms

• autoespacio
• eigenespacio
• espacio aéreo
• espacio de fases
• Espacio Económico Europeo
• espacio euclídeo
• espacio exterior
• espacio fásico
• espacio intervelloso
• espacio muerto
• espacio propio
• espacio vectorial
• espacio vital
• espaciotemporal

Related terms

• espacial

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

espacio

1. first-person singular present indicative of espaciar

Further reading

• “espacio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024