espaçar
Portuguese, verb/is.paˈsa(ʁ)/
espaçar is spelled E-S-P-A-Ç-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espaçar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to space (to be separated to a distance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar espaço entre objetos”.
What does espaçar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to space (to be separated to a distance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar espaço entre objetos 2. adiar; procrastinar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espaçar
- espaço first-person present singular
- espacei first-person preterite singular
- espaçado participle past
- c-ç alternation
- espaçares infinitive second-person singular
- espaçarmos first-person infinitive plural
- espaçardes infinitive plural second-person
- espaçarem infinitive plural third-person
- espaçando gerund
- espaçados masculine participle past
- espaçada feminine participle past
- espaçadas feminine participle past
- espaças indicative present second-person
- espaça indicative present singular
- espaçamos first-person indicative plural
- espaçais indicative plural present
- espaçam indicative plural present
- espaçava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espaçar?
- Brazil /is.paˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.paˈsa(h)]
- Brazil /es.paˈsa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espaçar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espaçar in Portuguese?
espaçar appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).