probar las armas
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to test the weapons”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoˌbaɾ las ˈaɾmas/ [pɾoˌβ̞aɾ las ˈaɾ.mas]
- Syllabification: pro‧bar las ar‧mas
Verb
probar las armas (first-person singular present probo las armas, first-person singular preterite probé las armas, past participle probado las armas)
- (idiomatic) to put someone through their paces
Further reading
- “probar las armas”, 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