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arma

Portuguese, noun/ˈaʁ.mɐ/

arma is spelled A-R-M-A (4 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,924th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “weapon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of armar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento usado para ataque e defesa”.

What does arma mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineweapon

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. instrumento usado para ataque e defesa

verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo armar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

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

Forms of arma

  • armas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce arma?

  • Brazil /ˈaʁ.mɐ/
  • Brazil [ˈaɦ.mɐ]
  • /ˈaɾ.mɐ/

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

English words that translate to arma

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

How common is arma in Portuguese?

arma appears 49 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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

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