vaciar

/baˈθjaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to empty

🗑️ vaciar = vacío (empty) + -ar: same root as vacant, vacuum, vacate

From Latin vacuus, empty. English kept the root in vacant, vacuum, vacate and evacuate. Spanish turns the adjective vacío into a verb by adding -ar, so vaciar is literally to make vacant.

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