spazi

Spazi is the Italian plural of spazio, meaning spaces or rooms. It covers physical locations such as rooms and open areas, as well as abstract notions of room or extent in language and thought. In everyday Italian, phrases like spazi pubblici (public spaces) or spazi verdi (green spaces) illustrate its common use in urban and architectural contexts. The word derives from Latin spatium and is cognate with English space.

In mathematics and related disciplines, spazio is used to translate "space." Italian texts discuss spazio euclideo (Euclidean space), spazi vettoriali (vector spaces), spazi metrici (metric spaces), and spazi topologici (topological spaces). In physics, spazio-tempo denotes spacetime, and spazio tridimensionale refers to three-dimensional space.

In computing and typography, spazio designates the space character (carattere di spazio) used to separate tokens and to create whitespace in text processing.

The term also appears in various proper names and place names in Italian-speaking areas and can occur as a surname, though it is primarily a common noun.

See also Spazio for the singular.