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armatoste

Spanish, noun/aɾmaˈtoste/

armatoste is spelled A-R-M-A-T-O-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Armatoste is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hulky thing, big eyesore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Máquina, mueble u objeto tosco, pesado e innecesario o inútil”.

What does armatoste mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehulky thing, big eyesore

  2. 2

    masculinecontraption

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Máquina, mueble u objeto tosco, pesado e innecesario o inútil. 2. Persona corpulenta e inútil. 3. Armazón hecho de madera. 4. Aparato o ingenio con que se armaban antiguamente las ballestas.

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 armatoste

  • armatostes plural
  • armatroste alternative
  • almatroste alternative

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

How do you pronounce armatoste?

  • /aɾmaˈtoste/
  • [aɾ.maˈt̪os.t̪e]
  • [aɾmaˈt̪ost̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to armatoste

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

How common is armatoste in Spanish?

armatoste appears about once in every 8 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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