aluvión

/aluˈβjon/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
aluviones

Meaning

  1. flood, deluge

    • Recibió un aluvión de quejas.

      He received a flood of complaints.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

rebosadero

Close synonyms for "overflow, flood/deluge."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

aluvião

aluvião is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "flood, deluge."

Practice

1 What does aluvión mean?

2 Fill the gap: Recibió un ___ de quejas.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aluvión?

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