mantente armado
/mantente aɾmado/from spelling rules
The English phrase "stay strapped" is translated into Spanish as mantente armado.
mantente armado is a slang expression used to tell someone to keep a firearm on their person for protection.
How does it change in a sentence?
The form mantente armado uses the informal tú imperative to mean "keep yourself armed" (singular). If you are addressing a group, you would use manténganse armados.
How do you pronounce it?
/mantente aɾmado/
Did you know?
- While armado literally means 'armed', in some Latin American slang it can also describe someone who is 'loaded' with money or expensive jewelry.
- In historical Spanish literature, an armado was often a person of high social status or a knight, rather than a common criminal.
- In Spanish, the act of 'strapping' a weapon is often described as portar armas, but portar also means 'to carry' or 'to behave', as in how a student carries themselves in school.
Examples in context
- Mantente armado cuando salgas de noche.Stay strapped when you go out at night.
- Es peligroso, así que mantente armado.It is dangerous, so stay strapped.
- No salgas sin protección, mantente armado.Don't go out without protection, stay strapped.
Example conversation
Daniel is warning Sofía about a dangerous area.
- DanielSofía, no vayas por esa calle.Sofía, don't go down that street.
- SofíaPero es el camino más corto.But it's the shortest way.
- DanielSi decides ir, mantente armado.If you decide to go, stay strapped.
- SofíaEstá bien, tendré cuidado.All right, I'll be careful.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
