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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

vacío

Pronunciation / Transliteration: basio

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Void/vɔɪd/
nounadjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Sintió un profundo vacío en su interior."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A completely empty space.

    "She stared out into the dark void of outer space."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not valid or legally binding.

    "The contract was declared null and void after the breach of terms."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'void', meaning vacant, empty, or unoccupied, which ultimately stems from the Late Latin 'vachitus' or Latin 'vastus' (meaning waste or empty). The term entered the English language in the 14th century, initially denoting an empty space or gap before expanding metaphorically to describe feelings of profound emptiness or legal invalidity.

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