octavilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

 

  • 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

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