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guardia sustantivo femenino 1a) (vigilancia):◊ estar de guardia [soldado] to be on guard duty;[médico] to be on duty o call; [empleado] to be on duty; [marino] to be on watch;◊ montar guardia to stand guard;poner en guardia a algn to warn sbb) (en esgrima):◊ en guardia on guard2 (cuerpo militar) guard;◊ cambio de guardia changing of the guard;Gguardia Civil Civil Guard; guardia municipal or urbana police (mainly involved in traffic duties) 3◊ guardia sustantivo masculino y femenino (sustantivo masculino) policeman;(sustantivo femenino) policewoman
guardia
I sustantivo femenino
1 (custodia, vigilancia) watch: montaba guardia bajo su ventana, he kept watch under her window
2 (cuerpo armado) guard: pertenece a la Guardia Real, he's in the Royal Guard
3 (turno de servicio) duty Mil guard duty: mañana estaré de guardia, I'll be on guard duty tomorrow
farmacia de guardia, GB duty chemist, US pharmacy on duty
II mf (hombre) policeman (mujer) policewoman Locuciones: bajar la guardia, to lower one's guard
poner en guardia, to be on guard
juzgado de guardia, police court 'guardia' also found in these entries: Spanish: juzgado - alerta - caseta - casilla - civil - farmacia - pitar - porra - reforzar - relevar English: before - call - coastguard - constable - duty - duty chemist - guard - lookout - watch - speed - standby - while
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.