avalista
Portuguese, noun/a.vaˈlis.tɐ/
avalista is spelled A-V-A-L-I-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avalista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “guarantor (person who assumes responsibility when a debt is not paid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que dá o aval”.
What does avalista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineguarantor (person who assumes responsibility when a debt is not paid)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que dá o aval
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 avalista
- avalistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avalista?
- Brazil /a.vaˈlis.tɐ/
- /a.vaˈliʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.vɐˈliʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avalista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avalista in Portuguese?
avalista appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).