avería
Spanish, noun
avería is spelled A-V-E-R-Í-A (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “breakdown (a failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of averiar. With an accent, averiá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of averiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Establecimiento o lugar donde se crían aves o pájaros para el beneficio humano”.
What does avería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreakdown (a failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of averiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Establecimiento o lugar donde se crían aves o pájaros para el beneficio humano. 2. Conjunto de aves domésticas o de corral, tales como gallinas, codornices, etc.
noun: 1. Daño de una máquina o artefacto, a causa del cual no funciona como debe. 2. Daño de un vehículo, bien, producto o mercancía.
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 avería
- averías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to avería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avería in Spanish?
avería appears 1.9 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).