armadeira
Portuguese, noun/aʁ.maˈde(j).ɾɐ/
armadeira is spelled A-R-M-A-D-E-I-R-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Armadeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian wandering spider (any spider in the genus Phoneutria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um gênero de aranhas (Phoneutria)”.
What does armadeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBrazilian wandering spider (any spider in the genus Phoneutria)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um gênero de aranhas (Phoneutria)
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 armadeira
- armadeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce armadeira?
- Brazil /aʁ.maˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [aɦ.maˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- /aɾ.maˈde(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is armadeira in Portuguese?
armadeira appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).