armado

armado (plural armados or armadoes)

1. Obsolete form of armada (“fleet of warships”).[1]

1. (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.

• Amador, Madora, Morada, dorama, morada

From Old Galician-Portuguese armado, from Latin armātus.

• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧do

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. (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

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

1. past participle of armar

From Latin armātus.

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

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

1. armed

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

1. past participle of armar

• “armado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish armado.

• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧do
• IPA^(key): /ʔaɾˈmado/, [ʔɐɾˈma.do]

armado

1. armed; provided with weapons

   Synonyms: may-armas, sandatahan

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