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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin octāvus. Equivalent to ocho + -avo. As a week-long party, based on inclusive counting. Doublet of ochava and octavo. Cognate with Catalan octau and Galician and Portuguese oitavo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈt͡ʃabo/
- Rhymes: -abo
- Syllabification: o‧cha‧vo
Adjective
ochavo (feminine ochava, masculine plural ochavos, feminine plural ochavas)
- (obsolete) Synonym of octavo: eighth (one of eight equal parts)
- (obsolete) Synonym of octavo: eighth (in eighth position)
Noun
ochavo m (plural ochavos)
- (obsolete) Synonym of octavo: one-eighth
- (historical) ochavo (a former Spanish coin from the 17th to 19th centuries, notionally equivalent to ⅛ Spanish ounce)
- (figuratively) trifle, bauble (anything worthless or useless)
- (Catholicism) octave (a weeklong saint's feast or local party)
- (architecture) octagon (an octagonal building or place)
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