Ocho is Spanish for eight.
In English, it appears most often in borrowed phrases and proper nouns: Ocho Rios (a Jamaican resort town), or in card and domino games where Spanish numbering is traditional.
The word occasionally surfaces in casual speech among bilingual speakers or in Spanglish contexts.
1. card — crazy eights, Shedding card game; uno (Romance language numeral); card game (Pastime using a deck); deck (Ship's flat surface); suit · hearts · spades · clubs · diamonds · wild card · matching · discard · draw pile
2. spanish — eight, Number after seven; counting (Determining quantity sequentially); uno (Romance language numeral); dos (Hairdos, or Spanish number); tres · cuatro · cinco · siete · Spanish · numeral · digit · cardinal · bingo · dominoes
3. octave — octogenarian, Person in ninth decade; polygon (Multisided plane figure); sides (Lateral edges or teams); vertices (Corner points of shapes); geometry · symmetry · figure · shape
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numerical positionocho ≠ negative eight Integer eight below zero; uno · zero · one · infinity · nada
quantityocho ≠ nada Borrowed zero; none · nothing · zero · few · poco
languageocho ≠ eight Number after seven
Family
octopus, October, octagon, octave, octane, octagonal, octet, octavo, octahedron
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- Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G