ocho

ocho

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ocho     Ordinal : octavu

Alternative forms

• otso
• oito (borrowed from Portuguese?)

Etymology

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

Numeral

ocho (indeclinable)

1. eight

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Papiamentu

Papiamentu cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ocho

Etymology

From Spanish ocho.

Numeral

ocho

1. eight (8)

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Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

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

Etymology

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]

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• Rhymes: -otʃo
• Syllabification: o‧cho

Numeral

ocho

1. eight

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• ochenta

Descendants

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

Noun

ocho m (plural ochos)

1. eight
2. figure of eight (knot)

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Numeral

ocho

1. (common, informal) Alternative spelling of otso