Armar in english
To assemble
pronunciation: tuəsembəl part of speech: none
pronunciation: tuəsembəl part of speech: none
In gestures
armar1 = arm ; gird for.
Example: If the worst comes to the worst and you are attacked, try to escape rather than fight back, especially if you believe that your assailant may be armed.Example: Australia's government girded on Monday for a battle with miners over its plan to slap the industry with a new 40 percent profits tax.more:
» armar a los soldados = arm + the soldiers .
Example: It is irresponsible for a leader to declare war and not arm the soldiers.» armar con = arm with .
Example: Technology is now being implemented to arm organizations with this weapon -- competitor intelligence -- to improve business and win the war for customers.» armarse de = summon up .
Example: Summoning up her most agreeable tones, she asked if it might not be wiser to ask someone whose experience far exceeded her own to substitute for him.» armarse de coraje = steel + Reflexivo ; muster (up) + (the) courage ; pluck up + courage ; gather up + courage ; nerve + Reflexivo ; work up + the nerve(s) .
Example: She steeled herself against the heavy rain, had her keys ready for the door, and made a run for it. Example: Professional library managers must muster the courage to deal with these problems and make their choices. Example: Left to themselves, children will rarely pluck up courage to visit the library on their own. Example: By gathering up courage to face their fears, international contractors operating in China may begin to detect new possibilities of doing business there. Example: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control. Example: After that, he gave her a ride home every day for weeks before he finally worked up the nerve to ask her to go to the movies with him.» armarse de munición = arm + Reflexivo + with ammunition .
Example: We can pick up this discussion some other time, after you've armed yourself with ammunition!.» armarse de paciencia = arm + Reflexivo + with patience [Uso literario] ; be extremely patient .
Example: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled. Example: They need to learn not to take things so personally and understand that you have to be extremely patient.» armarse de valor = muster (up) + (the) courage ; pluck up + courage ; nerve + Reflexivo ; gather up + courage ; steel + Reflexivo ; work up + the nerve(s) .
Example: Professional library managers must muster the courage to deal with these problems and make their choices. Example: Left to themselves, children will rarely pluck up courage to visit the library on their own. Example: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control. Example: By gathering up courage to face their fears, international contractors operating in China may begin to detect new possibilities of doing business there. Example: She steeled herself against the heavy rain, had her keys ready for the door, and made a run for it. Example: After that, he gave her a ride home every day for weeks before he finally worked up the nerve to ask her to go to the movies with him.» armarse hasta los dientes = be armed to the teeth .
Example: These pirates are armed to the teeth, ruthless and desperate, but claim to adhere to their own code of conduct.armar2 = put together ; fit out ; cause ; assemble.
Example: The way in which this scheme is put together in book form often causes some confusion at first.Example: To get full use out of them, however, you have to fit them out with accessories.Example: As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.Example: This article describes step by step how to obtain the parts necessary to build a generic computer and how to assemble them into a working computer.more:
» armar bulla = kick up + a stink ; kick up + a fuss ; raise + a stink ; make + a stink (about) ; make + a racket ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; kick up + a row ; hit + the roof ; kick up + a storm ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; raise + the roof ; make + a big deal about ; make + a to-do ; make + a hullabaloo ; raise + a hullabaloo ; raise + a ruckus ; kick up + a shindy ; make + a din .
Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios". Example: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company. Example: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: She must be mad to make a to-do about such trifling matters. Example: These people are usually quiet and modest -- they don't make a hullabaloo or announce themselves to the world and demand trophies. Example: He would steal from the hawkers just for the devil of it, raising a hullabaloo in the dense, crowded streets. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: They kids were pushing chairs around, screaming ... and generally kicking up a shindy. Example: By midnight they were making such a din that the farmer's baby woke up.» armar enredos = make + trouble .
Example: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.» armarla = kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; make + a stink (about) ; kick up + a row ; raise + a stink ; make + a racket ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; hit + the roof ; kick up + a storm ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; raise + the roof ; make + a big deal about ; make + a to-do ; make + a hullabaloo ; raise + a hullabaloo ; raise + a ruckus ; kick up + a shindy .
Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios". Example: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: She must be mad to make a to-do about such trifling matters. Example: These people are usually quiet and modest -- they don't make a hullabaloo or announce themselves to the world and demand trophies. Example: He would steal from the hawkers just for the devil of it, raising a hullabaloo in the dense, crowded streets. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: They kids were pushing chairs around, screaming ... and generally kicking up a shindy.» armar la de Dios = set + the cat among the pigeons ; put + the cat among the pigeons ; stir up + a hornet's nest ; raise + Cain ; raise + hell .
Example: There is a new book just coming out that promises to set the cat among the pigeons on the Shakespeare scene. Example: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control. Example: They feared its theme of anti-Semitism would simply stir up a hornet's nest and preferred to deal with the problem quietly. Example: Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding. Example: American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness.» armar la de San Quintín = kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; raise + a stink ; make + a stink (about) ; make + a racket ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; kick up + a row ; hit + the roof ; kick up + a storm ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; raise + the roof ; make + a big deal about ; set + the cat among the pigeons ; put + the cat among the pigeons ; make + a to-do ; make + a hullabaloo ; raise + a hullabaloo ; raise + a ruckus ; raise + Cain ; raise + hell ; kick up + a shindy ; make + a din .
Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios". Example: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company. Example: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: There is a new book just coming out that promises to set the cat among the pigeons on the Shakespeare scene. Example: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control. Example: She must be mad to make a to-do about such trifling matters. Example: These people are usually quiet and modest -- they don't make a hullabaloo or announce themselves to the world and demand trophies. Example: He would steal from the hawkers just for the devil of it, raising a hullabaloo in the dense, crowded streets. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding. Example: American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness. Example: They kids were pushing chairs around, screaming ... and generally kicking up a shindy. Example: By midnight they were making such a din that the farmer's baby woke up.» armar muebles = assemble + furniture .
Example: Many of us might shy away if asked to assemble furniture ourselves.» armarse la de Dios = bedlam + break loose ; all hell + break loose ; open (up) + a can of worms ; all hell + let loose .
Example: It is suggested that if bedlam should break loose the teacher should try to understand the cause or causes and use remedies. Example: The newspaper that he was writing for at the time started to publish excerpts from Rushdie's book and as a result all hell broke loose. Example: It may seem as though we have opened a can of worms, but there is no need to despair. Example: I was just quietly reading the papers at the weekend when all hell let loose and the sky was filled with angry jackdaws.» armarse la de San Quintín = all hell + break loose ; bedlam + break loose ; open (up) + a can of worms ; all hell + let loose .
Example: The newspaper that he was writing for at the time started to publish excerpts from Rushdie's book and as a result all hell broke loose. Example: It is suggested that if bedlam should break loose the teacher should try to understand the cause or causes and use remedies. Example: It may seem as though we have opened a can of worms, but there is no need to despair. Example: I was just quietly reading the papers at the weekend when all hell let loose and the sky was filled with angry jackdaws.» armarse un jaleo = get into + a muddle .
Example: And if you get into a muddle, you can just reset it and start over again!.» armarse un lío = get into + a muddle .
Example: And if you get into a muddle, you can just reset it and start over again!.» armar una bronca = kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; raise + a stink ; make + a stink (about) ; make + a racket ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; kick up + a row ; brawl ; kick up + a storm ; hit + the ceiling ; raise + the roof ; make + a big deal about ; make + a to-do ; make + a hullabaloo ; raise + a hullabaloo ; raise + a ruckus ; kick up + a shindy .
Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios". Example: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company. Example: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: Once the party was over, some 20000 people carried on celebrating the victory, some of whom began to brawl and hurl objects onto roads. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: She must be mad to make a to-do about such trifling matters. Example: These people are usually quiet and modest -- they don't make a hullabaloo or announce themselves to the world and demand trophies. Example: He would steal from the hawkers just for the devil of it, raising a hullabaloo in the dense, crowded streets. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: They kids were pushing chairs around, screaming ... and generally kicking up a shindy.» armar una de mil demonios = raise + Cain .
Example: Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding.» armar un bronca = hit + the roof ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling .
Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to.» armar un escándalo = raise + a stink ; kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; make + a stink (about) ; make + a racket ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; kick up + a row ; hit + the roof ; kick up + a storm ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; raise + the roof ; make + a big deal about ; make + a to-do ; make + a hullabaloo ; raise + a ruckus ; kick up + a shindy ; make + a din .
Example: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios". Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company. Example: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: She must be mad to make a to-do about such trifling matters. Example: These people are usually quiet and modest -- they don't make a hullabaloo or announce themselves to the world and demand trophies. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: They kids were pushing chairs around, screaming ... and generally kicking up a shindy. Example: By midnight they were making such a din that the farmer's baby woke up.» armar un espectáculo = raise + a hullabaloo .
Example: He would steal from the hawkers just for the devil of it, raising a hullabaloo in the dense, crowded streets.» armar un follón = make + a hullabaloo ; raise + a hullabaloo ; kick up + a shindy .
Example: These people are usually quiet and modest -- they don't make a hullabaloo or announce themselves to the world and demand trophies. Example: He would steal from the hawkers just for the devil of it, raising a hullabaloo in the dense, crowded streets. Example: They kids were pushing chairs around, screaming ... and generally kicking up a shindy.» armar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons ; put + the cat among the pigeons ; stir up + a hornet's nest ; raise + Cain ; raise + hell ; send + Nombre + into meltdown .
Example: There is a new book just coming out that promises to set the cat among the pigeons on the Shakespeare scene. Example: Banks have put the cat among the pigeons by warning that without heavy increases in interest rates house prices would spiral out of control. Example: They feared its theme of anti-Semitism would simply stir up a hornet's nest and preferred to deal with the problem quietly. Example: Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding. Example: American progressives have in recent decades gotten too shy, or too afraid, to raise hell about injustice and unfairness. Example: He sent fans into meltdown when he revealed he had chopped off his trademark floppy hair.» armar un lío = kick up + a fuss ; kick up + a stink ; raise + a stink ; make + a stink (about) ; make + a racket ; make + trouble ; make + a row ; make + a ruckus ; kick up + a row ; hit + the roof ; kick up + a storm ; hit + the ceiling ; go through + the roof ; go through + the ceiling ; raise + the roof ; make + a big deal about ; make + a to-do ; make + a hullabaloo ; raise + a hullabaloo ; raise + a ruckus ; kick up + a shindy .
Example: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios". Example: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company. Example: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep. Example: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor. Example: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant. Example: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus. Example: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal. Example: When she heard that, she hit the roof -- and she was still hitting the roof about it almost fifty years after it had happened. Example: Grams is kicking up a storm at the care home she is currently residing in and is about to have her ass hauled onto the sidewalk if she doesn't quit at it any time soon. Example: It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that. Example: Harry was out of the country when the contract was signed, and he went through the roof when he found out about it. Example: I finally told him the night before I left, and he went through the ceiling, just as I expected him to. Example: I understand he raised the roof when he read the report. Example: He's the type of person who gets frustrated and makes a big deal about taking the wrong exit on the freeway or has a short fuse when something doesn't get done exactly the way he wants it. Example: She must be mad to make a to-do about such trifling matters. Example: These people are usually quiet and modest -- they don't make a hullabaloo or announce themselves to the world and demand trophies. Example: He would steal from the hawkers just for the devil of it, raising a hullabaloo in the dense, crowded streets. Example: Here's to a night of endless shenanigans, raising a ruckus, and any other tomfoolery we can get into. Example: They kids were pushing chairs around, screaming ... and generally kicking up a shindy.» armar un revuelo = create + a storm ; cause + a stir ; create + a stir ; cause + a flutter ; stir up + a storm ; cause + a storm .
Example: Selection of books for review sometimes causes controversy as to why some are reviewed and others not and the reviews themselves can create minor storms in the book world if it is felt they are prejudiced or spiteful. Example: The article is entitled 'Electronic books cause a stir in the UK legal profession'. Example: The report created a stir, which increased when it was found that the result was in error. Example: His recent endorsement of an electronic product seems to have caused a flutter that he could have done well without. Example: Last year we shone a light on Europe's thriving ivory markets and stirred up a storm. Example: In 2008 she caused a storm by suggesting that homosexuals should seek psychiatric counselling.» se ha armado la de Dios = the cat is among the pigeons ; the cat is among the pixies .
Example: And then the cat is among the pigeons, and we need all Chase's creative talents to untangle this tangled web of confused relationships!. Example: Well now the cat is among the pixies now and Harry is in deep.» se ha armado la de San Quintín = the cat is among the pigeons ; the cat is among the pixies .
Example: And then the cat is among the pigeons, and we need all Chase's creative talents to untangle this tangled web of confused relationships!. Example: Well now the cat is among the pixies now and Harry is in deep.» se ha armado un gran revuelo = the cat is among the pigeons ; the cat is among the pixies .
Example: And then the cat is among the pigeons, and we need all Chase's creative talents to untangle this tangled web of confused relationships!. Example: Well now the cat is among the pixies now and Harry is in deep.» volver a armar = put + Nombre + back together .
Example: The first time I took the thing apart it took a few hours to finally figure out how to put it back together.