armadura

Inherited from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Occitan armadura or French armure.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.məˈðu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.maˈðu.ɾa]

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armadura f (plural armadures)

1. armor (body protection)

   Synonym: arnès

2. framework
3. (music) key signature

• armar
• arma

• “armadura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “armadura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Portuguese armadura.

• IPA^(key): /aɾmaˈduɾa/, [aɾmaˈðuɾɐ]

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armor (body protection)

• armar
• arma

• “armadura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Inherited from Latin armātūra (“armour”).

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armor (body protection)

• Galician: armadura
• Portuguese: armadura

• Universo Cantigas - "armadura"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Galician armadura.

• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧du‧ra

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armor (body protection)
2. armatura (the rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)
3. (by extension) structure; framework
   • 2015 December 13, Jorge Almeida Fernandes, “Estratégia de Marine Le Pen: devorar a direita tradicional”, in Público‎^[1]:

     A FN permanece amarrada aos fundamentos nacionalistas de extrema-direita. "A armadura da sua doutrina permanece uma concepção determinista e étnica da identidade, impermeável aos valores universalistas dos Direitos do Homem e da cidadania republicana. (...)"

     The FN remains tied to far-right nationalist underpinnings. "The armor of his doctrine remains a deterministic and ethnic conception of identity, impervious to the universalist values of human rights and republican citizenship. (...)"

• “armadura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “armadura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Old Spanish armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”).

• IPA^(key): /aɾmaˈduɾa/ [aɾ.maˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ar‧ma‧du‧ra

armadura f (plural armaduras)

1. armour
2. frame, framework
3. skeleton

   Synonym: esqueleto

• “armadura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025