avalancha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈlɐ̃.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧va‧lan‧cha

Noun

avalancha f (plural avalanchas)

1. alternative form of avalanche

Further reading

• “avalancha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “avalancha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French avalanche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈlant͡ʃa/ [a.β̞aˈlãnʲ.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -antʃa
• Syllabification: a‧va‧lan‧cha

Noun

avalancha f (plural avalanchas)

1. avalanche

   Synonym: alud

2. (figurative) deluge, flood, spate, onslaught, outpouring, barrage

Further reading

• “avalancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024