espacio

See also: espació

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /esˈpaθjo/ [esˈpa.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /esˈpasjo/ [esˈpa.sjo]

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, 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.

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 euclídeo
• espacio exterior
• espacio intervelloso
• espacio propio
• espacio vectorial
• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014