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vazio

Portuguese, noun/vaˈzi.u/

vazio is spelled V-A-Z-I-O (5 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vazio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “vacuum (an empty space)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of vaziar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o vácuo”.

What does vazio mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    devoid of content; empty

  2. 2

    not significant; insignificant

noun

  1. 1

    masculinevacuum (an empty space)

  2. 2

    masculinevoid

  3. 3

    masculineemptiness (state or feeling of being empty)

  4. 4

    masculinehypochondrium

  5. 5

    masculineflank

  6. 6

    masculineflank steak

  7. 7

    masculineyoung wether (castrated ram)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of vaziar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que não contém nada; que não está com seu conteúdo habitual 2. desocupado 3. sem sua carga 4. sem pessoas ou atividade humana

noun: 1. o vácuo 2. carneiro novo castrado

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 vazio

  • vazia feminine
  • vazios masculine plural
  • vazias feminine plural
  • mais vazio comparative
  • o mais vazio superlative
  • vaziíssimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce vazio?

  • Brazil /vaˈzi.u/
  • Brazil /vaˈziw/
  • Brazil [vaˈziʊ̯]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to vazio

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is vazio in Portuguese?

vazio appears 32 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).

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