avaria

See also: avarìa and avariá

Albanian

Alternative forms

• havaria

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya).

Noun

avaria

2. (law) average

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damage in transit”). First attested in 1258.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.vəˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.vaˈɾi.a]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ia
• Homophones: averia, haveria
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧ri‧a

Noun

avaria f (plural avaries)

1. damage (especially with boats or with cargo)
2. breakdown, failure (especially in transport)

   Synonym: (automotive) pana

Descendants

• → Spanish: avería
  • → Tagalog: aberya

Further reading

• “avaria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “avaria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “avaria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “avaria”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋɑriɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ʋɑ̝ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧va‧ri‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): ava‧ria

Adjective

avaria

1. partitive plural of avara

Anagrams

• avaari, raivaa, vaaria

Italian

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”), from عَوَار (ʕawār, “fault, blemish, defect, flaw”); or possibly from avére +‎ -ìa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vaˈri.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧rì‧a

Noun

avaria f (plural avarie)

1. damage
2. breakdown, failure (mechanical)

   in avaria ― broken, out of action (literally, “in breakdown”)

Descendants

• → Albanian: avaria
• → Bulgarian: ава́рия (avárija)
• → Dutch: averij, haverij (see there for further descendants)
• → Greek: αβαρία (avaría)
• → Old French: avarie (see there for further descendants)
• → Polish: awaria
• → Portuguese: avaria
• → Russian: ава́рия (avárija) (see there for further descendants)
• → Ukrainian: ава́рія (avárija)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈva.rja/
• Rhymes: -arja
• Hyphenation: a‧và‧ria

Verb

avaria

1. inflection of avariare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• avaria in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• avaria in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• avaria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈwa.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈvaː.ri.a]
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧ri‧a

Noun

avaria f (genitive avariae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) customs duty

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	avaria	avariae
genitive	avariae	avariārum
dative	avariae	avariīs
accusative	avariam	avariās
ablative	avariā	avariīs
vocative	avaria	avariae

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈɾi.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈɾi.ɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈɾi.ɐ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil, Portugal) -iɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian avarìa.

Noun

avaria f (plural avarias)

1. damage

   Synonym: dano

2. malfunctioning, fault

   Synonym: falha

3. lesion, wound

   Synonyms: lesão, ferida

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

avaria

1. inflection of avariar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “avaria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “avaria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avarier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.va.riˈa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧ri‧a

Verb

a avaria (third-person singular present avariază, past participle avariat) 1st conjugation

1. to damage

Conjugation

    conjugation of avaria (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a avaria
gerund			avariind
past participle			avariat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	avariez	avariezi	avariază	avariem	avariați	avariază
	imperfect	avariam	avariai	avaria	avariam	avariați	avariau
	simple perfect	avariai	avariași	avarie	avariarăm	avariarăți	avariară
	pluperfect	avariasem	avariaseși	avariase	avariaserăm	avariaserăți	avariaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să avariez	să avariezi	să avarieze	să avariem	să avariați	să avarieze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		avariază			avariați
	negative		nu avaria			nu avariați

Derived terms

• avariere

Further reading

• “avaria”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026