ochavo

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/ [oˈt͡ʃa.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: o‧cha‧vo

Adjective

ochavo (feminine ochava, masculine plural ochavos, feminine plural ochavas)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of octavo: eighth (one of eight equal parts)
2. (obsolete) Synonym of octavo: eighth (in eighth position)

Noun

ochavo m (plural ochavos)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of octavo: one-eighth
2. (historical) ochavo (a former Spanish coin from the 17th to 19th centuries, notionally equivalent to ⅛ Spanish ounce)
3. (figuratively) trifle, bauble (anything worthless or useless)
4. (Catholicism) octave (a weeklong saint's feast or local party)
5. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28