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oitavo

Portuguese, noun/ojˈta.vu/

oitavo is spelled O-I-T-A-V-O (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oitavo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eighth (one of eight parts of a whole)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of oitavar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a pessoa ou coisa que está logo após o sétimo numa série”.

What does oitavo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    eighth

noun

  1. 1

    masculineeighth (one of eight parts of a whole)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of oitavar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

number: 1. ordem de um elemento em um conjunto, que ocupe a posição equivalente ao número oito

adjective: 1. refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição oito em uma série; o que vem depois do sétimo

noun: 1. a pessoa ou coisa que está logo após o sétimo numa série

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

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

Forms of oitavo

  • oitava feminine
  • oitavos masculine plural
  • oitavas feminine plural
  • oytavo alternative obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce oitavo?

  • Brazil /ojˈta.vu/
  • Brazil [oɪ̯ˈta.vu]
  • Portugal /ojˈta.vu/

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

English words that translate to oitavo

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

How common is oitavo in Portuguese?

oitavo appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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

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