ochavo
Spanish
Etymology
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/ [oˈt͡ʃa.β̞o]
- 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
- octave, (Catholicism) a weeklong saint's feast or local party
- (architecture) octagon, an octagonal building or place
Coordinate terms
- (former coin): maravedí (½ ochavo)
Derived terms
- clavo de a ochavo
- no tener un ochavo
- ochavo moruno
Descendants
- → English: ochavo
- → Portuguese: chavo
Further reading
- “ochavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014