ocho

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ocho     Ordinal : octavu
Asturian Wikipedia article on ocho

Alternative forms

• oito, otso

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ocho, from Latin octō. Compare the inherited medieval Asturian uechu.

Numeral

ocho (indeclinable)

1. eight (8)

Ladino

Alternative forms

• očo, otcho

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ocho, from an earlier *oito, from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Portuguese oito, Old English eahta (English eight).

Numeral

ocho (Hebrew spelling אוג׳ו)

1. eight (8)

   Hanuka linda sta aki; ocho kandelas para mi.

   Beautiful Hanukkah is here, so eight candles for me.

Derived terms

• ochavo
• ocheno
• ochén

Related terms

• ochenta

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognates include Old French uit & Old Galician-Portuguese oito.

Numeral

ocho

1. eight (8)

Descendants

• Ladino: ocho, אוג׳ו
• Spanish: ocho
  • Papiamentu: ocho
  • → Asturian: ocho, otso
  • → Tagalog: otso

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “ocho”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 364

Papiamentu

Papiamentu cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ocho

Etymology

Derived from Spanish ocho.

Numeral

ocho

1. eight (8)

Spanish

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Cardinal: ocho     Ordinal: octavo     Ordinal abbreviation: 8.º     Multiplier: óctuple     Fractional: octavo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 8

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ocho, from an earlier *oito, from Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Portuguese oito, Old English eahta (English eight).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈot͡ʃo/ [ˈo.t͡ʃo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -otʃo
• Syllabification: o‧cho

Numeral

ocho

1. eight (8)

Derived terms

• con esto y un bizcocho, hasta las ocho
• más chulo que un ocho
• ni qué ocho cuartos
• nudo de ocho
• ocho con yo

Related terms

• ochenta

Descendants

• Papiamentu: ocho
• → Asturian: ocho, otso
• → Tagalog: otso

Noun

ocho m (plural ochos)

1. eight
2. figure of eight (knot)
3. (colloquial, vulgar, El Salvador, Honduras) butthole; anus

See also

Playing cards in Spanish · cartas (layout · text)
as	dos	tres	cuatro	cinco	seis	siete
ocho	nueve	diez	sota	reina	rey	comodín

Further reading

• “ocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “ocho”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Tagalog

Numeral

ocho (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)

1. Informal spelling of otso.