# guardar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin wardāre.

### Verb

guardar (first-person singular present guardo, first-person singular preterite guardí, past participle guardat)
* to keep
* to order
* to clean
* (computing) to save
    Synonym: desar

#### Derived terms

* esguardar
* guarda
* guardabosc
* guardacaps
* guardaespatlles
* guardapols
* guarderia

#### Related terms

* guàrdia
* guardià

### Further reading

* “guardar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “guardar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “guardar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “guardar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Interlingua
### Verb

guardar
* to guard

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | guardar | guardar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | guardante | guardate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | guarda | ha guardate |
| active | past | guardava | habeva guardate |
| active | future | guardara | habera guardate |
| active | conditional | guardarea | haberea guardate |
| active | imperative | guarda | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es guardate | ha essite guardate |
| passive | past | esseva guardate | habeva essite guardate |
| passive | future | essera guardate | habera essite guardate |
| passive | conditional | esserea guardate | haberea essite guardate |
| passive | imperative | sia guardate | |

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* gardar

### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin wardāre.

### Verb

guardar
* to protect, defend
* to watch over
* to keep
* to hide

#### Related terms

* aguardar

#### Descendants

* Galician: gardar, guardar
* Portuguese: guardar

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "guardar ~ gardar"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese guardar, from Early Medieval Latin wardāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [ɡwaɦˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [ɡwaɦˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɡwaɾˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [ɡwaʁˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡwaɻˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [ɡwɐɾˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [ɡwɐɾˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɡwɐɾˈda.ɾi/ [ɡwɐɾˈða.ɾi]
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ɡwaɦ.ˈda(h)/
* Hyphenation: guar‧dar

### Verb

guardar (first-person singular present guardo, first-person singular preterite guardei, past participle guardado)
* to save, keep, retain, preserve
* to protect, defend
* to put away (to put something in its usual storage place)
* (computing) to save (to write a file to disk or other storage medium)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* guarda
* guarda-arnês
* guarda-barreira
* guarda-braço
* guarda-cabeça
* guarda-caça
* guarda-cadeira, guarda-cadeiras
* guarda-calhas
* guarda-cama
* guarda-cancela
* guarda-cartucho
* guarda-cascos
* guarda-chapim
* guarda-chaves
* guarda-chuva
* guarda-chuvada
* guarda-comida
* guarda-corpo, guarda-corpos
* guarda-costas
* guarda-faceira
* guarda-fato, guarda-fatos
* guarda-fechos
* guarda-fios, guarda-fio
* guarda-fogo
* guarda-freio, guarda-freios
* guarda-joias
* guarda-lamas, guarda-lama
* guarda-leme
* guarda-linha
* guarda-livros
* guarda-louça, guarda-loiça
* guarda-luz
* guarda-mancebos, guarda-mancebo
* guarda-mão
* guarda-mato
* guarda-meta
* guarda-patrão
* guarda-peito
* guarda-pisa
* guarda-pó
* guarda-porta
* guarda-portão
* guarda-prata
* guarda-pratas
* guarda-quedas
* guarda-raios
* guarda-redes
* guarda-rios
* guarda-roupa
* guarda-sol
* guarda-valas, guarda-vala
* guarda-vassouras, guarda-vassoiras
* guarda-vento
* guarda-vestidos
* guarda-vidas
* guarda-vinho
* guarda-vista
* guarda-volante
* guarda-volumes
* guarda-voz
* guardador
* guardamento

## Romansch
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin wardāre.

### Verb

guardar
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) to look, look at, watch

#### Synonyms

* (Sursilvan) mirar
* (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) vurdar

#### Derived terms

* (Vallader) guardar davo (“to look up, look for, search, seek”)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin wardāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡwaɾˈdaɾ/ [ɡwaɾˈð̞aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: guar‧dar

### Verb

guardar (first-person singular present guardo, first-person singular preterite guardé, past participle guardado)
* (transitive) to save (to store for future use)
* (computing) to save (to write a file to disk or other storage medium)
    guardar un archivo ― to save a file
* to keep
    Ha jurado guardarlo en secretoHe has sworn to keep it secret
* to order
* to clean
* to put away
    Guárdalo antes de que lo vean.Put it away before they see it.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* día de guardar
* fiesta de guardar
* fiestas de guardar (All Saints’ Day)
* guarda
* guardabanderas
* guardabarreras
* guardabarros
* guardabosques
* guardacoches
* guardacostas
* guardaespaldas
* guardafangos
* guardagujas
* guardainfante
* guardajoyas
* guardamanos
* guardamiento
* guardamuebles
* guardapolvo
* guardar bulto
* guardar cama
* guardar el decoro
* guardar la cama
* guardar la cara
* guardar la casa
* guardar las distancias
* guardar las fiestas
* guardar reposo
* guardar reserva
* guardarraíl
* guardarropa
* guardárselas
* guardavallas
* guardia
* nadar y guardar la ropa

### Further reading

* “guardar”, 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