armadilha

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese armadilha, from Latin *armāticula, from armātus, from the verb armō.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎɐ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.maˈd͡ʒi.ʎa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.mɐˈdi.ʎɐ/

(Caipira) IPA^(key):
(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -iʎɐ
Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧di‧lha

Noun

armadilha f (plural armadilhas)

trap (device designed to catch or kill animals)
Synonym: cilada
(figurative) pitfall; trap

Further reading

armadilha on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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