avalanche
Portuguese, noun/a.vaˈlɐ̃.ʃi/
avalanche is spelled A-V-A-L-A-N-C-H-E (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avalanche is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “avalanche (large mass of snow sliding down a mountain side)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “queda rápida e violenta de grandes massas de neve ou gelo pela encosta de montanhas altas”.
What does avalanche mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineavalanche (large mass of snow sliding down a mountain side)
- 2
feminineavalanche (sudden, great, or irresistible influx of anything)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. queda rápida e violenta de grandes massas de neve ou gelo pela encosta de montanhas altas 2. (Derivação: sentido figurado): tudo o que arremete ou invade com ímpeto 3. (Derivação: sentido figurado): queda estrondosa de coisas pesadas 4. conjunto de íons e elétrons que, em um evento ionizante, é formado de maneira cumulativa, a partir de um único íon ou elétron que inicia o processo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of avalanche
- avalanches plural
- avalancha alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avalanche?
- Brazil /a.vaˈlɐ̃.ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɨ/
- Portugal /ɐ.bɐˈlɐ̃t.ʃɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avalanche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avalanche in Portuguese?
avalanche appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).