armarse

armarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (proveerse) to provide oneself (de, with), arm oneself (de, with)

■ se armó de pintura y pincel y se puso a pintar he provided himself with paint and paintbrush and began to paint

2 (producirse) to be, break out

■ se armó un jaleo there was a right row

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VPR

1) [soldado, atracador] to arm o.s. (con, de with)

- armarse hasta los dientes

2) (=proveerse)

armarse de algo — to arm o.s. with sth

los periodistas, armados de prismáticos y teleobjetivos — the journalists, armed with binoculars and telephoto lenses

con este tráfico hay que armarse de paciencia — you need a lot of patience in traffic like this

armarse de valor — to pluck up courage

3) * (=organizarse)

¡que follón se armó! — there was a big fuss

¡menudo escándalo se armó con lo de esa boda! — what a commotion there was with that wedding! *

se está armando una crisis — a crisis is brewing

Dios 3)

4)

armarse un lío >: me armé un lío tremendo con todas las direcciones que me diste — * I got into a real muddle * o mess with all the addresses you gave me

5) CAm to balk, shy

6) CAm, Caribe (=obstinarse) to become obstinate; (=negarse) to refuse point blank; Ven [caballo] to come to a halt

7) Méx * (=enriquecerse) to make a packet *

8)

armarse con algo — Ven to run off with sth

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■armarse verbo reflexivo to arm oneself
figurado se armó de paciencia, he summoned up his patience
figurado se armó de valor, he plucked up courage
familiar se armó la gorda o la de Dios es Cristo, all hell broke loose
'armarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
montarse
- taco
- valor
- armar
- lío
English:
pluck up
- steel
- summon up
- tangle
- pluck

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vpr

1. [con armas] to arm oneself;

Fig

armarse hasta los dientes to arm oneself to the teeth;

Fig

armarse de [valor, paciencia] to summon up;

se armó de valor y le contó la verdad he plucked up his courage and told her the truth

2. Fam [organizarse]

se armó un gran escándalo there was a huge fuss;

con tantas instrucciones, me armé un lío tremendo with all those instructions I got into a terrible muddle;

la que se va a armarse cuando se entere tu padre all hell's going to break loose when your father finds out;

si no paras de una vez se va a armarse una buena if you don't stop that at once, there'll be trouble;

Comp

se armó la gorda o [m5]la de San Quintín o [m5]la de Dios es Cristo o [m5]la de Troya all hell broke loose

3. Andes [enriquecerse] to strike it rich, to come into money

4. RP [consolidarse] to do well for oneself

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armarse

v/r

1 arm o.s.

2

:

armarse de valor pluck up courage;

armarse de paciencia be patient

3

:

la que se va a armar fam all hell will break loose fam , the shit will really hit the fan pop

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vr

armarse de valor : to steel oneself

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armarse vb (producirse) to be

se armó un lío there was trouble

armarse de paciencia to be patient

armarse de valor to pluck up courage