guardabosque

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally); to keep”) +‎ bosque (“forest”).

Noun

guardabosque m (plural guardabosques)

1. forest ranger
2. piha

Related terms

• guardaparque

 

Further reading

• “guardabosque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014