octavilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɡtaˈbiʝa/ [oɣ̞.t̪aˈβ̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɡtaˈbiʝa/ [oɣ̞.t̪aˈβ̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains to Paraguay, Philippines) /oɡtaˈbiʎa/ [oɣ̞.t̪aˈβ̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɡtaˈbiʃa/ [oɣ̞.t̪aˈβ̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɡtaˈbiʒa/ [oɣ̞.t̪aˈβ̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: oc‧ta‧vi‧lla

Noun

octavilla f (plural octavillas)

1. Piece of paper of size 11 × 16 cm, half that of a cuartilla
2. (politics) leaflet, flyer
3. (poetry) a poem of eight lines consisting of two redondillas which share rhymes

See also

• arte menor
• cuarteta
• cuartilla
• métrica
• quintilla
• sextilla
• tercetillo

Further reading

• “octavilla”, 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