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arrojadizo

throwable

adjective ah-rroh-hah-DEE-soh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Also means

designed to be thrown

Usage Note

Arrojadizo is a technical or historical adjective describing weapons or objects made to be thrown — arma arrojadiza (throwing weapon) such as a javelin, dart, or stone. It derives from arrojar (to throw) plus the suffix -adizo, which conveys 'liable to' or 'designed for' an action. Outside military history it occasionally appears figuratively to describe something flung as an insult or accusation: palabras arrojadizas (words hurled as weapons).

Examples

"El guerrero usó un arma arrojadiza contra el enemigo."

Natural Translation

The warrior used a throwing weapon against the enemy.

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