avaria

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damage in transit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.vəˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.vaˈɾi.a]

Noun

avaria f (plural avaries)

1. damage (especially with boats or with cargo)
2. breakdown, failure (especially in transport)

   Synonym: (automotive) pana

Further reading

• “avaria” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “avaria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “avaria” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Adjective

avaria

1. partitive plural of avara

Anagrams

• avaari, raivaa, vaaria

Etymology 1

Possibly from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”), from عَوَار (ʕawār, “fault, blemish, defect, flaw”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• avaria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology

From Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”), from عَوَار (ʕawār, “fault, blemish, defect, flaw”).

Noun

avaria f (genitive avariae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) A customs duty.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧va‧ri‧a

Noun

avaria f (plural avarias)

1. damage

   Synonym: dano

2. malfunctioning, fault

   Synonym: falha

3. lesion, wound

   Synonyms: lesão, ferida

Verb

avaria

1. inflection of avariar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology

Borrowed from French avarier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.va.riˈa/

Verb

a avaria (third-person singular present avariază, past participle avariat) 1st conjugation

1. to damage