avalancha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

(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)

Alternative form of avalanche

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French avalanche.

Noun

avalancha f (plural avalanchas)

avalanche
Synonym: alud
(figurative) deluge, flood, spate, onslaught, outpouring, barrage

Further reading

“avalancha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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