armadura

/aɾmaˈduɾa/ · B2 · noun · f

armor

🛡️⚔️ armadura = armed + -dura: what an armed body wears, the hard frame around it

From Latin armatura, equipment or armour, built from arma (weapons, the root of English arm and army). Spanish extends it from a knight's metal shell to any supporting frame or skeleton, like the framework of a building.

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