# armado
## English
### Noun

armado (plural armados or armadoes)
* Obsolete form of armada (“fleet of warships”).
* (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.

### References

* ↑ “armado”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### 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: /aʁˈma.du/ [aɦˈma.du]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁˈma.du/ [aɦˈma.du]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aɾˈma.du/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aʁˈma.du/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aɻˈma.do/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈma.du/ [ɐɾˈma.ðu]
* Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧do

### Adjective

armado (feminine armada, masculine plural armados, feminine plural armadas)
* armed
** equipped with, or involving the use of, weapons
** (of a weapon, trap or other dangerous device) prepared for use
* 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.
* (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)
* 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: /aɾˈmado/ [aɾˈma.ð̞o]
* Rhymes: -ado
* Syllabification: ar‧ma‧do

### Adjective

armado (feminine armada, masculine plural armados, feminine plural armadas)
* 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)
* 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: /ʔaɾˈmado/ [ʔɐɾˈmaː.d̪o]
* Rhymes: -ado
* Syllabification: ar‧ma‧do

### Adjective

armado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜇᜓ)
* armed; provided with weapons
    Synonyms: may-armas, sandatahan

#### Related terms

* alarma
* alarmado
* alma
* armada
* armadilyo
* 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