armado
Meaning
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- armed
- armed
- erect (standing straight)
- (Brazil,usually) staged, rigged (previously planned, thus not genuine)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ar‧ma‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aʁˈma.du/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese armado, from Latin armātus. By surface analysis, armar + -ado. Compare Galician armado.
New
armar
- (transitive) to arm (to supply with weapons)
- (transitive) to set (a trap, a timebomb, a security system or similar)
- (transitive) to set up (a tent, a hammock, a folding table or similar)
- (intransitive,literary,obsolete) to intend; to be disposed to achieve; to pursue; to search for, to aim; to apply oneself for; to seek
- (informal,reflexive) to boast, to act arrogantly
- (informal,reflexive) to go too far, to cross the line
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