guarda

See also: Guarda, guardá, and guardà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡwar.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡwaɾ.ða]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from guardar.

Noun

guarda f (plural guardes)

1. protection
2. (printing) endpaper

Noun

guarda m or f by sense (plural guardes)

1. guard (a person who protects or watches over something)

   Synonym: guardià

Etymology 2

Verb

guarda

1. inflection of guardar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “guarda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “guarda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “guarda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “guarda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwar.da/
• Rhymes: -arda
• Hyphenation: guàr‧da

Verb

guarda

1. inflection of guardare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• gradua

Occitan

Alternative forms

• goarda (Gascony)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gascony):

  (file)

Noun

guarda f (plural guardas)

1. (Gascony) guard, surveillance

References

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 75.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ/ [ˈɡwaɦ.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ/ [ˈɡwaɦ.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɻ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ/ [ˈɡwaɾ.ðɐ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwah.dɐ/

• Audio (Portugal):

  (file)

• Homophone: Guarda
• Hyphenation: guar‧da

Etymology 1

Deverbal from guardar.

Noun

guarda m or f by sense (plural guardas)

1. guard (person who who protects or watches over something or someone)
2. (informal) police officer

Descendants

• → Indonesian: garda
• → Javanese: ꦒꦂꦝꦸ (gardhu)
  • → Indonesian: gardu

Noun

guarda f (plural guardas)

1. guard (squad responsible for protecting something or someone)
2. flyleaf (blank page at the front or back of a book)

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: goaada

Etymology 2

Verb

guarda

1. inflection of guardar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾda/ [ˈɡwaɾ.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɾda
• Syllabification: guar‧da

Etymology 1

Deverbal from guardar, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”), from *warduz (“guard”), *wardaz, or directly from the latter. Compare Italian guardia, French garde.

Noun

guarda m or f by sense (plural guardas)

1. guard, ward, keeper
2. (Argentina) conductor (on public transportation)

   Synonym: cobrador

Derived terms

• ángel de la guarda
• guarda de seguridad
• guardar

 

Noun

guarda f (plural guardas)

1. endpaper

Etymology 2

Verb

guarda

1. inflection of guardar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “guarda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16