aliviadero
Spanish, noun/alibjaˈdeɾo/
aliviadero is spelled A-L-I-V-I-A-D-E-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aliviadero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “weir (adjustable dam)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estructura hidráulica destinada a propiciar el pase, libre o controlado, del agua en los escurrimientos…”.
What does aliviadero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineweir (adjustable dam)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estructura hidráulica destinada a propiciar el pase, libre o controlado, del agua en los escurrimientos superficiales, siendo el aliviadero en exclusiva para el desagüe y no para la medición. Existen diversos tipos según la forma y uso que se haga de ellos, a veces de forma controlada y otras veces como medida de seguridad en caso de tormentas en presas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aliviadero
- aliviaderos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aliviadero?
- /alibjaˈdeɾo/
- [a.li.β̞jaˈð̞e.ɾo]
- [aliβ̞jaˈð̞eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aliviadero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aliviadero in Spanish?
aliviadero appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).