tomar las armas

Spanish

Verb

tomar las armas (first-person singular present tomo las armas, first-person singular preterite tomé las armas, past participle tomado las armas)

1. to take up arms

Further reading

• “tomar armas, o las armas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10