avalancha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈlɐ̃t.ʃɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈlɐ̃t.ʃɐ]

• 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, 2008–2026
• “avalancha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Franco-Provençal aval

Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b-der.?

Latin lābor

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnusnom.

Latin -īna

Latin lābīna

Vulgar Latin *labanka

Franco-Provençal lavençhe

blend

Franco-Provençal avalançhebor.

French avalanchebor.

Spanish avalancha

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025