🇪🇸 Spanish

espacio

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el espacio

space

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espacio
/el esˈpaθjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say espacio in Spanish?

IPA
/el esˈpaθjo/

How do you pronounce espacio in Spanish?

espacio is pronounced /el esˈpaθjo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El espacio pequeño necesitaba ser organizado mejor.

The small space needed to be organized better.

El espacio exterior es infinito y misterioso.

Outer space is infinite and mysterious.

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Why is it masculine?

Espacio is masculine because it descends from Latin "spatium," which was a neuter noun, but when Romance languages evolved, most Latin neuter nouns shifted to masculine gender (the neuter largely disappeared). The word retained its basic form while adopting the masculine article system that became standard in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for space?

The Spanish word for space is el espacio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchespacel'masculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseespaçoomasculine

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