Meaning

armar

  1. (transitive) to arm (to supply with weapons)
  2. (transitive) to set (a trap, a timebomb, a security system or similar)
  3. (transitive) to set up (a tent, a hammock, a folding table or similar)
  4. (intransitive, literary, obsolete) to intend; to be disposed to achieve; to pursue; to search for, to aim; to apply oneself for; to seek
  5. (informal, reflexive) to boast, to act arrogantly
  6. (informal, reflexive) to go too far, to cross the line

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaʁ.mɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). Compare Galician arma.

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