vácuo

Borrowed from Latin vacuus (“empty”), from vacō (“I empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *ewə- (“to lack; empty”). Cognate of vago (“vacant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ku.o/, /ˈva.kwo/
• Hyphenation: vá‧cu‧o

vácuo m (plural vácuos)

1. vacuum (region that contains no matter)
2. a lack, especially of something abstract
3. the space behind a moving vehicle without drag

• (region of space that contains no matter): vazio

vácuo m (feminine singular vácua, masculine plural vácuos, feminine plural vácuas, comparable)

1. vacuous (lacking meaningful content)

• vacuidade
• vacuidão
• vacuísmo
• vacuísta
• vacúolo

• vazio