🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

vacante

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ba-kan-te

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vacant/ˈveɪ.kənt/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El apartamento ha estado vacante durante varios meses."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having no fixtures, furniture, or inhabitants; empty.

    "The apartment has been vacant for several months."
  2. 2

    Not filled or occupied; available for use.

    "There are several vacant positions in the company."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'vacant' originates from the Latin 'vacans', meaning 'empty' or 'unoccupied'. It entered Middle English through Old French in the late 14th century, evolving to describe spaces that are unfilled or uninhabited.

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