avalancha
Spanish, noun/abaˈlant͡ʃa/
avalancha is spelled A-V-A-L-A-N-C-H-A (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,333rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avalancha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “avalanche” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desplazamiento súbito y violento ladera abajo, de una importante porción de nieve (manto nival), que puede…”.
What does avalancha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineavalanche
- 2
femininedeluge, flood, spate, onslaught, outpouring, barrage
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Desplazamiento súbito y violento ladera abajo, de una importante porción de nieve (manto nival), que puede incorporar parte de la cobertura vegetal, e incluso del sustrato y de la pendiente. 2. Gran cantidad de una cosa que viene con fuerza.
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 avalancha
- avalanchas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avalancha?
- /abaˈlant͡ʃa/
- [a.β̞aˈlãnʲ.t͡ʃa]
- [aβ̞aˈlãnʲt͡ʃa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avalancha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avalancha in Spanish?
avalancha appears 2.5 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).