vacuo

See also: vácuo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.kwo/, (traditional) /ˈva.ku.o/
• 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)

1. empty, devoid

   Synonyms: mancante, privo, vuoto

2. (figurative) vacuous, vacant, empty, blank

Derived terms

• vacuamente

Related terms

• vacuità

Noun

vacuo m (plural vacui)

1. 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

1. first-person singular present indicative of vacuare

Latin

Adjective

vacuō

1. 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/ [ˈba.kwo]
• Rhymes: -akwo
• Syllabification: va‧cuo

Adjective

vacuo (feminine vacua, masculine plural vacuos, feminine plural vacuas)

1. empty; vacant

   Synonyms: vacío, vacante

Noun

vacuo m (plural vacuos)

1. empty space, gap

   Synonyms: vacío, hueco

Further reading

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