aluvión
Spanish, noun/aluˈbjon/
aluvión is spelled A-L-U-V-I-Ó-N (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,665th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aluvión is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alluvium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Avenida fuerte de agua, inundación”.
What does aluvión mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealluvium
- 2
masculinetidal wave, avalanche, barrage (incredibly large amount)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Avenida fuerte de agua, inundación. 2. Depósito sedimentario de la carga sólida de un río: cantos, gravas, arenas, arcillas y limos. 3. Gran afluencia de personas o cosas.
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 aluvión
- aluviones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aluvión?
- /aluˈbjon/
- [a.luˈβ̞jõn]
- [aluˈβ̞jõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aluvión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aluvión in Spanish?
aluvión appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).