Etymology

From blindar +‎ -adoCategory:Portuguese terms suffixed with -ado#BLINDADO.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: blin‧da‧do

Adjective

blindado (feminine blindada, masculine plural blindados, feminine plural blindadas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#BLINDADOCategory:Portuguese adjectives#BLINDADOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with entries#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BLINDADO

1. bulletproof (capable of withstanding a direct shot)
2. armored; reinforced
3. protected from the effects of a magnetic or electrical field, or radiation
4. (figurative) protected from external factors

Noun

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

blindado

Wikipedia ^pt

blindado m (plural blindados)Category:Portuguese lemmas#BLINDADOCategory:Portuguese nouns#BLINDADOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#BLINDADOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BLINDADOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with entries#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BLINDADO

1. (militaryCategory:pt:Military#BLINDADO) armoured car (armoured fighting vehicle)

Participle

blindado (feminine blindada, masculine plural blindados, feminine plural blindadas)Category:Portuguese non-lemma forms#BLINDADOCategory:Portuguese past participles#BLINDADOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with entries#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BLINDADO

1. past participle of blindarCategory:Portuguese past participles#BLINDADO

Further reading

• “blindado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “blindado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Spanish entries#BLINDADO

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blinˈdado/ [blĩn̪ˈd̪a.ð̞o]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#BLINDADOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#BLINDADO
• Rhymes: -adoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ado#BLINDADOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ado/3 syllables#BLINDADO
• Syllabification: blin‧da‧do

Adjective

blindado (feminine blindada, masculine plural blindados, feminine plural blindadas)Category:Spanish lemmas#BLINDADOCategory:Spanish adjectives#BLINDADOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with entries#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BLINDADO

1. armoured

Noun

blindado m (plural blindados)Category:Spanish lemmas#BLINDADOCategory:Spanish nouns#BLINDADOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#BLINDADOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BLINDADOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with entries#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BLINDADO

1. armoured car; armoured vehicle

   Synonym: coche blindado

2. armor-plated

Participle

blindado (feminine blindada, masculine plural blindados, feminine plural blindadas)Category:Spanish non-lemma forms#BLINDADOCategory:Spanish past participles#BLINDADOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with entries#BLINDADOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BLINDADO

1. past participle of blindarCategory:Spanish past participles#BLINDADO

Further reading

• “blindado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025