Armadillo

//ɑɹməˈdɪloʊ//

Synonyms for "armadillo" (261 found)

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Noun(1 words)
quirquincho

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Translations

121 translations across 83 languages.

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Achi

1 entries
  • ib’ooy noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Afrikaans

2 entries
  • armadil noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • gordeldier noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُدَرَّع noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Armenian

1 entries
  • զրահակիր noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Asturian

1 entries
  • armadillu noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • браняно́сец noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Breton

1 entries
  • tatou noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • бронено́сец noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Catalan

1 entries
  • armadillo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Central Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ayotochtli noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • memili noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎤᏤᏣᏍᏗ ᎤᏯᏍᎦᏟ noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • ᎤᏯᏍᎦᎳ noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • hattak illapa' noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 犰狳 noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ayotochtli noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Classical Quechua

1 entries
  • quiriquincho noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Cusco-Quechua

2 entries
  • khirki noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • khirkinchu noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Czech

1 entries
  • pásovec noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Danish

1 entries
  • bæltedyr noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Dutch

4 entries
  • armadillo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • gordeldier noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • kapasie noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • schildvarken noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • dazipo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Estonian

2 entries
  • vöölane noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • vööloom noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Finnish

1 entries
  • vyötiäinen noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

French

1 entries
  • tatou noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Galician

1 entries
  • armadillo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

German

2 entries
  • Armadill noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • Gürteltier noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Greek

1 entries
  • αρμαντίλλο noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Guerrero Amuzgo

1 entries
  • kíchio' noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אַרְמָדִיל noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Hindi

1 entries
  • आर्माडिलो noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • armadilló noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • tatu noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • övesállat noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Tattu noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • beltisdýr noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Ido

1 entries
  • armadilo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • armadilo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • trenggiling noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Irish

1 entries
  • armadailín noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Isthmus Zapotec

1 entries
  • ngupi noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Italian

1 entries
  • armadillo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Japanese

1 entries
  • アルマジロ noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Kari'na

1 entries
  • kapasi noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • кіреукей noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • сауытты аң noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Korean

1 entries
  • 아르마딜로 noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Latvian

1 entries
  • bruņnesis noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • šarvuotis noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Lokono

3 entries
  • andadike noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • jesere noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • jesi noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • оклопник noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Malay

1 entries
  • armadillo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Maléku Jaíka

1 entries
  • lenhífa noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Manx

1 entries
  • armadillo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Navajo

1 entries
  • kááʼtsʼiní noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Nheengatu

1 entries
  • tatú noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • beltedyr noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Old Tupi

1 entries
  • tatu noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Orizaba-Nahuatl

1 entries
  • ayotochin noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Paumarí

1 entries
  • tato noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Persian

1 entries
  • آرمادیلو noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Polish

1 entries
  • pancernik noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • tatu noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Q'eqchi

1 entries
  • ib'oy noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Romanian

1 entries
  • tatu noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Russian

1 entries
  • бронено́сец noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • armadillo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • armadìlo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • pasanac noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • армадѝло noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • пасанац noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pásavec noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pasavec noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Spanish

4 entries
  • armadillo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • armado noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • cachicamo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • carachupa noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • kapasi noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kakakuona noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Swedish

2 entries
  • bälta noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • bältdjur noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • armadilyo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Thai

1 entries
  • นิ่ม noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Tswana

1 entries
  • kgaga noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Turkish

1 entries
  • armadillo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • бронено́сець noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • bronenosets noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tatu noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Volapük

1 entries
  • tatud noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Wapishana

1 entries
  • kapashi noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Wayana

4 entries
  • kapasi noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • lahpo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • latawa noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • lemu noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Welsh

2 entries
  • armadilo noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)
  • armellog noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • weech noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Yuracare

1 entries
  • dyolojoto noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Záparo

1 entries
  • múraka noun (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates)

Sample sentences

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It acquired the name "armadillo" thanks to the armor that covers its back.

Source: tatoeba (8357601)

The armadillo quickly disappeared in the darkness.

Source: tatoeba (11826427)

The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.

Source: wiktionary

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