alud
Appearance
Estonian
[edit]Noun
[edit]alud
- nominative plural of alg
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Basque elur (“snow”), from Proto-Basque *eruR.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alud m (plural aludes)
- avalanche
- Synonym: avalancha
- 2010 January 15, “Una persona herida por un alud en la estación de esquí La Masella”, in El País[1]:
- Tres personas que practicaban snowboard se han visto atrapados por un alud esta mañana en la estación de La Masella (Girona).
- Three persons practicing snowboard found themselves entrapped by an avalanche this morning in La Masella station (Girona).
- (figurative) barrage
- 2020 April 12, “Sánchez defiende su gestión ante un nuevo alud de quejas y críticas de presidentes autonómicos”, in La Vanguardia[2]:
- Veremos el efecto de la hibernación, por tanto hay que perseverar y trasladar la necesidad de unidad de acción”, ha demandado Sánchez, quien, no obstante, ha recibido un nuevo alud de quejas y críticas de presidentes autonómicos.
- […] , has received another barrage of complaints and criticism from regional presidents.
Further reading
[edit]- “alud”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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