armado

English

Noun

armado (plural armados or armadoes)

1. Obsolete form of armada (“fleet of warships”).
2. (obsolete) A catfish of the genus Silurus.
   • 1774, Thomas Falkner, A Description of Patagonia, And The Adjoining Parts of South America:

     The erizo, or water hedge-hog, is very like the armado, but not quite so large.

   • 1820, Samuel Hull Wilcocke, History & Description of the Republic of Buenos Ayres, page 481:

     The armado is a thick strong fish with a short body. It is about a foot in length, and generally weighs from four to six pounds. A small part of the belly is cartilaginous, except which the fish is covered with hard thick bone.

Anagrams

• Amador, Madora, Morada, dorama, morada

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese armado, from Latin armātus. By surface analysis, armar +‎ -ado. Compare Galician armado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈma.du/ [aɦˈma.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈma.du/ [aɦˈma.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈma.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈma.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈma.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈma.du/ [ɐɾˈma.ðu]

• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧do

Adjective

armado (feminine armada, masculine plural armados, feminine plural armadas)

1. armed
   1. equipped with, or involving the use of, weapons
   2. (of a weapon, trap or other dangerous device) prepared for use
2. erect (standing straight)

   Dizem que os porcos-espinhos conseguem deixar seus espinhos armados. ― They say that porcupines can make their quills erect.

   Tenho tantos redemoinhos que meu cabelo está sempre armado. ― I have so many cowlicks that my hair is always sticking up.

3. (Brazil, of an event, game, etc.) staged, rigged (previously planned, thus not genuine)

   Acredito que essa briga foi armada. ― I believe that fight was staged.

   Synonym: combinado

Derived terms

• à mão armada
• armadeira
• armado até os dentes
• betão armado

Related terms

• armada

Participle

armado (feminine armada, masculine plural armados, feminine plural armadas)

1. past participle of armar

Further reading

• “armado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin armātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmado/ [aɾˈma.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: ar‧ma‧do

Adjective

armado (feminine armada, masculine plural armados, feminine plural armadas)

1. armed

Derived terms

• a mano armada
• armadillo
• avefría armada
• fuerzas armadas
• hormigón armado
• robo a mano armada

Related terms

• armada

Participle

armado (feminine armada, masculine plural armados, feminine plural armadas)

1. past participle of armar

Further reading

• “armado”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish armado.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾˈmado/ [ʔɐɾˈmaː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: ar‧ma‧do

Adjective

armado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜇᜓ)

1. armed; provided with weapons

   Synonyms: may-armas, sandatahan

Related terms

• alarma
• alarmado
• alma
• almador
• armada
• armadilyo
• armador
• armadura
• armamento
• armas
• armason
• armero
• armi
• armistisyo
• armori
• des-arma
• des-arme
• hendarme

Further reading

• “armado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• Morada