vazio

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• uazio (alternative spelling)
• bazio (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βaˈd͡zio/

Adjective

vazio (feminine singular vazia, masculine plural vazios, feminine plural vazias)

1. empty
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar f. 43r:

     e dixol ue e pid uaſos atos uezinos uazios ⁊ nõ pocos. uernas ⁊ cerraras tu puerta tu e tus fijos baziaredes la oliera ſobre todos los baſſos ⁊ el pleno toldras

     And he said to her “Go, and ask your neighbors for empty vessels, and not a few. You will come and shut your door. You and your sons will empty the jar of oil over all the vessels and each full [one] you will put away.”

Descendants

• Ladino: vazio
• Spanish: vacío

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vazio, from Latin vacīvus. Compare Galician and Spanish vacío.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈzi.u/, /vaˈziw/ [vaˈziʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈzi.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈzi.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈzi.u/

• Rhymes: -iu
• Hyphenation: va‧zi‧o

Adjective

vazio (feminine vazia, masculine plural vazios, feminine plural vazias, comparable, comparative mais vazio, superlative o mais vazio or vaziíssimo)

1. devoid of content; empty
2. not significant; insignificant

Noun

vazio m (plural vazios)

1. vacuum (an empty space)

   Synonym: vácuo

2. (astronomy) void
3. (figurative) emptiness (state or feeling of being empty)
4. (familiar) hypochondrium
5. (in the plural, chiefly animals) flank

   Synonym: ilharga

6. (Rio Grande do Sul) flank steak

   Synonym: (Brazil) fraldinha

7. (Trás-os-Montes) young wether (castrated ram)

Further reading

• “vazio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “vazio”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “vazio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “vazio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “vazio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Etymology 2

Verb

vazio

1. first-person singular present indicative of vaziar