espaço
Portuguese, noun/isˈpa.su/
espaço is spelled E-S-P-A-Ç-O (6 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espaço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “interval of time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of espaçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “extensão formada por três dimensões - altura, largura e profundidade - onde se encontram todos os corpos e…”.
What does espaço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinterval of time
- 2
masculineempty space
- 3
masculineset of points
- 4
masculinegeneralized construct or set
- 5
masculineuniverse beyond the earth's atmosphere; outer space
- 6
masculinegap between written characters
- 7
masculineellipsis of espaço pessoal (“personal freedom”)
- 8
masculineellipsis of barra de espaço
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of espaçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. extensão formada por três dimensões - altura, largura e profundidade - onde se encontram todos os corpos e ocorrem todos os eventos físicos e químicos 2. tudo o que está além do invólucro atmosférico da Terra 3. intervalo entre duas coisas (corpos, lugares, palavras etc.)
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 espaço
- espaços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espaço?
- Brazil /isˈpa.su/
- Brazil /esˈpa.su/
- /iʃˈpa.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espaço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espaço in Portuguese?
espaço appears 186 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).