armadilha

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese armadilha, from Latin *armāticula, from armātus, from the verb armō. Cognate with Asturian armadiya.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎɐ/ [aɦ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎa/ [aɦ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.mɐˈdi.ʎɐ/ [ɐɾ.mɐˈði.ʎɐ]

(Caipira) IPA^(key): [aɻmaˈdʒija]
(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [aχmaˈdiʎa]
Rhymes: -iʎɐ
Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧di‧lha

Noun

armadilha f (plural armadilhas)

trap (device designed to catch or kill animals)
Synonym: cilada
(figurative) pitfall; trap

Further reading

armadilha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
“armadilha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“armadilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026