guardián
Appearance
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wardjan), accusative of 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 (wardja).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]guardián m (plural guardianes, feminine guardiana, feminine plural guardianas)
- guardian, warden (person who guards or protects something)
- (Catholicism) guardian (superior in a Franciscan monastery)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan (1961) “guardar”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 308
Further reading
[edit]- “guardián”, 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