octavilla
Spanish, noun/oɡtaˈbiʝa/
octavilla is spelled O-C-T-A-V-I-L-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Octavilla is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Piece of paper of size 11 × 16 cm, half that of a cuartilla” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Octavo de un pliego de papel, cuarto de un folio o mitad de una cuartilla”.
What does octavilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininePiece of paper of size 11 × 16 cm, half that of a cuartilla
- 2
feminineleaflet, flyer
- 3
femininea poem of eight lines consisting of two redondillas which share rhymes
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Octavo de un pliego de papel, cuarto de un folio o mitad de una cuartilla. 2. Hoja de papel, generalmente de tamaño de octavilla₁, que contiene propaganda o información política o social. 3. Estrofa compuesta de ocho versos de arte menor. 4. Impuesto de medio cuartillo por cada azumbre de vino, vinagre o aceite que antiguamente se cobraba en las ventas al por menor.
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 octavilla
- octavillas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce octavilla?
- /oɡtaˈbiʝa/
- [oɣ̞.t̪aˈβ̞i.ʝa]
- [okt̪aˈβ̞iʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to octavilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is octavilla in Spanish?
octavilla appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).