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octogenario

Spanish, noun/oɡtoxeˈnaɾjo/

octogenario is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “octogenarian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does octogenario mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    octogenarian

noun

  1. 1

    masculineoctogenarian

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que tiene entre ochenta y noventa años de edad.

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 octogenario

  • octogenaria feminine
  • octogenarios masculine plural
  • octogenarias feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce octogenario?

  • /oɡtoxeˈnaɾjo/
  • [oɣ̞.t̪o.xeˈna.ɾjo]
  • [okt̪oxeˈnaɾjo]

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

How common is octogenario in Spanish?

octogenario appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

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