vacÃo
vacío, -a
adjective
1. empty (recipiente, palabras, vida)
- la ciudad estaba vacía -> the city was empty o deserted
- vacío, -a de -> devoid of (contenido)
masculine noun
2. vacuum (physics)
- envasar al vacío, -a -> to vacuum-pack
3. void (abismo, carencia)
- su muerte ha dejado un gran vacío, -a -> his death has left a big gap
- vacío, -a legal -> legal vacuum
- vacío, -a de poder (politics) -> power vacuum
4. (espacio libre)
- se lanzó al vacío, -a -> she threw herself into the void
- caer en el vacío, -a -> to fall on deaf ears (palabras)
- hacer el vacío, -a a alguien -> to send somebody to Coventry
- tener un vacío, -a en el estómago -> to feel hungry
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vacÃo [vah-thee'-o]
noun
1. Void, empty space, vacuum, aperture. (m)
2. Mould for casting metal. (m)
3. Vacancy, place or employment unfilled. (m)
4. Concavity, hollowness. (m)
5. Blank space in a book or writing. (m)
6. Ullage of a cask or other vessel: wantage. (Commerce) (m)
7. Animal not with young. (m)
8. Vacuity, cavity. (m)
9. Flank of animals. (m)
- De vacÃo -> empty: unemployed
- Se nota ahora en un gran vacÃo en la familia -> one is conscious now of a big gap in the family
- Tener un vacÃo en el estómago -> to feel hungry
See also
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