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arma

Spanish, noun

arma is spelled A-R-M-A (4 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,944th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arma is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “weapon, arm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of armar. With an accent, armá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of armar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Herramienta para atacar o defenderse en un combate físico”.

What does arma mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineweapon, arm

    El arma secreta

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as armá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of armar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Herramienta para atacar o defenderse en un combate físico. 2. Por extensión, apéndice u órgano con que una bestia puede atacar o defenderse, como los cuernos o los espolones. 3. Por extensión, medio empleado para atacar o defenderse en una disputa moral o intelectual. 4. Más generalmente, medio al que se puede recurrir para alcanzar un fin deseado.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of arma

  • armas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to arma

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is arma in Spanish?

arma appears 45 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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