avalista

Portuguese

Etymology

From aval +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈlis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈliʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vaˈlis.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɐˈliʃ.tɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈliʃ.tɐ/ [ɐ.βɐˈliʃ.tɐ]

Hyphenation: a‧va‧lis‧ta

Noun

avalista m or f by sense (plural avalistas)

guarantor (person who assumes responsibility when a debt is not paid)
Synonym: fiador

Further reading

“avalista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“avalista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From aval +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abaˈlista/ [a.β̞aˈlis.t̪a]
Rhymes: -ista
Syllabification: a‧va‧lis‧ta

Noun

avalista m or f by sense (plural avalistas)

guarantor

Further reading

“avalista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025