guardia

See also: Guardia and guàrdia

Italian

Etymology

From guardare, of Germanic origin, or possibly corresponding to Frankish *warda. Compare French garde, Spanish guarda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwar.dja/
• Rhymes: -ardja
• Hyphenation: guàr‧dia

Noun

guardia f (plural guardie)

1. guard (all senses)
   • c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Schizzi d'architettura civile e militare”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 254:

     Una sola guardia guarda, sanza muoversi, tutto il castello di dentro e di fori, la quale si de’ scambiare ogni tre ore.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. watch, guard duty, sentry duty

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cambio della guardia
• guardia del corpo
• montare la guardia (to have the watch)

• guardia medica
• guardiano

Descendants

• → Afar: wardiyá
• → Ottoman Turkish: واردإ

Anagrams

• graduai, guardai, rugiada

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Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 (wardja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾdja/ [ˈɡwaɾ.ð̞ja]
• Hyphenation: guar‧dia

Noun

guardia m (plural guardias)

1. custodian, warden (male)
2. (military) guard, guardsman

   Los guardias no me dejan pasar a ver a mi hermano.

   The guards are not letting me through to see my brother.

Hyponyms

• guardia de seguridad (“security guard”)

 

Noun

guardia f (plural guardias)

1. watch, guard, guarding, guard duty, sentry duty
2. (military) guard (unit or squad)
3. custody
4. shift (in certain professions such as for medical staff)
5. (martial arts) guard (ground grappling position)

Hyponyms

• guardia civil
• Guardia de Asalto (“Assault Guard”) (Second Spanish Republic)
• guardia de corps (“Garde du Corps”) (French military unit)
• Guardia de Hierro (“Iron Guard”) (Romanian history)
• guardia de honor (“guard of honor, honor guard”) (military, sports)
• Guardia Imperial (“Napoleon's Imperial Guard”) (French history)
• guardia nacional (“national guard”)
• Guardia Pretoriana (“Praetorian Guard”) (Ancient Roman history)
• guardia real (“royal guard”) (in general)
• Guardia Real (“Royal Guard”) (Spain)
• Guardia Suiza Pontificia (“Pontifical Swiss Guard”)
• Guardia Suiza (“Swiss Guard”)
• Guardia Valona (“Walloon guards”) (Belgian & Spanish history)
• Guardia Varega (“Varangian Guard”) (Byzantine Empire)
• vieja guardia (“old guard”)

 

Derived terms

• bajar la guardia
• de guardia
• de juzgado de guardia
• en guardia
• hacer guardia (“to stand guard”)
• montar guardia (“to stand guard, to keep guard”)

 

Related terms

• guardar
• guarda

Descendants

• → Tagalog: guwardiya

Further reading

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