avalar
Spanish, verb/abaˈlaɾ/
avalar is spelled A-V-A-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avalar is a Spanish verb meaning “to endorse, to back, to support” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Responder con el dinero y las propiedades de uno mismo por las deudas que pueda contraer otra persona. Servir…”.
What does avalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to endorse, to back, to support
avalar la teoría
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Responder con el dinero y las propiedades de uno mismo por las deudas que pueda contraer otra persona. Servir de fiador, avalista o avalador. 2. Ofrecer garantía de buena calidad y servicio.
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 avalar
- avalo first-person present singular
- avalé first-person preterite singular
- avalado participle past
- avalando gerund
- avalada feminine participle past
- avalados masculine participle past
- avaladas feminine participle past
- avalas indicative informal present
- avalás indicative informal present
- avala indicative present singular
- avalamos first-person indicative plural
- avaláis indicative plural present
- avalan indicative plural present
- avalaba first-person imperfect indicative
- avalabas imperfect indicative second-person
- avalábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- avalabais imperfect indicative plural
- avalaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avalar?
- /abaˈlaɾ/
- [a.β̞aˈlaɾ]
- [aβ̞aˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avalar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avalar in Spanish?
avalar 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).