ochavo
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editAdjective
editochavo (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
editochavo 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)
Coordinate terms
edit- (former coin): maravedí (½ ochavo)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ochavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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