alud
Spanish, noun/aˈlud/
alud is spelled A-L-U-D (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,997th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alud is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “avalanche” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Derrumbe de las nieves de los montes a los valles en gran cantidad y con estrépito”.
What does alud mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineavalanche
- 2
masculinelandslide
- 3
masculinebarrage
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Derrumbe de las nieves de los montes a los valles en gran cantidad y con estrépito.
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 alud
- aludes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alud?
- /aˈlud/
- [aˈluð̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alud
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alud in Spanish?
alud appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).