armação
Portuguese, noun/aʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
armação is spelled A-R-M-A-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Armação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “arming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de armar”.
What does armação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearming
- 2
feminineframe, framework, armature
- 3
feminineskeleton (building structure)
- 4
feminineslangdeception (instance of misleading, deceiving)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de armar 2. a coisa armada: madeiramento de um telhado, prateleiras de armazéns, etc 3. estrutura, arcabouço 4. pontas sólidas, na cabeça de certos animais; chifres
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 armação
- armações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce armação?
- Brazil /aʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [aɦ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /aɾ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to armação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is armação in Portuguese?
armação appears 5.0 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).