vazia

Vazia is the feminine singular form of the Portuguese adjective vazio, meaning empty. It describes feminine nouns that are not filled or contain nothing. For masculine nouns the form is vazio, and the plural forms are vazios (masculine) and vazias (feminine). The word derives from Latin vacuus, via Old Portuguese, and is cognate with Spanish vacío and French vide.

As an adjective, vazia agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. It is commonly used with everyday objects and spaces, for example: garrafa vazia (empty bottle), sala vazia (empty room), ideia vazia (empty idea). The related masculine form, vazio, appears with masculine nouns such as copo vazio or espaço vazio. In some contexts, vazio also functions in figurative senses to describe lack of substance or meaning, as in discurso vazio (empty or meaningless speech) or promessa vazia (empty promise).

In linguistic terms, vazia contrasts with cheia (full) and with the noun vazio, which denotes the abstract concept of emptiness. The feminine form vazia is also used in set phrases and descriptions where the subject is feminine, while variations in other languages reflect the same root meaning.

See also: vazio, conjunto vazio (empty set), meanings of empty in Portuguese.