avío
Spanish, noun
avío is spelled A-V-Í-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avío is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “provision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of aviar. With an accent, avió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of aviar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prevención, apresto”.
What does avío mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprovision
- 2
masculineprovisions for a shepherd
- 3
masculineloan (to farmers)
- 4
masculinegear; kit
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of aviar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of aviar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prevención, apresto. 2. Entre pastores y gente de campo: provisión que llevan al hato para alimentarse durante el tiempo que se tarda en volver al pueblo o cortijo. 3. Conveniencia. 4. Préstamo en dinero o efectos, que se hace al labrador, ganadero o minero.
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 avío
- avíos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to avío
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avío in Spanish?
avío appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).