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ochava

Spanish, noun/oˈt͡ʃaba/

ochava is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “eighth, one-eighth (one of eight equal parts of any amount or thing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of ochavo. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Octava parte de un todo”.

What does ochava mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineeighth, one-eighth (one of eight equal parts of any amount or thing)

  2. 2

    feminineochava (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 3.6 g)

  3. 3

    femininesynonym of chaflán, chamfer (an area added or removed from a wall or piece of furniture to break up corners, a diagonal sidewalk acting as a chamfer at street corners)

  4. 4

    femininealternative form of ochavo, octave (a weeklong saint's festival or local party)

  5. 5

    feminineoctave (the last of the seven days of the festival)

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of ochavo

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Octava parte de un todo. 2. Espacio de ocho días, durante los cuales celebra la Iglesia una fiesta solemne o hace conmemoración del objeto de ella. 3. Último de los ocho días. 4. Octava parte del marco de la plata, equivalente a 75 granos, o sea 359 centigramos.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ochava

  • ochavas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ochava?

  • /oˈt͡ʃaba/
  • [oˈt͡ʃa.β̞a]
  • [oˈt͡ʃaβ̞a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ochava

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ochava in Spanish?

ochava appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).