# guarda
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡwar.də]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɡwaɾ.ða]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of guardar.

#### Noun

guarda f (plural guardes)
* protection
* (printing) endpaper

#### Noun

guarda m or f by sense (plural guardes)
* guard (a person who protects or watches over something)
    Synonym: guardià

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

guarda
* inflection of guardar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡwar.da/
* Rhymes: -arda
* Hyphenation: guàr‧da

### Verb

guarda
* inflection of guardare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* gradua

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* goarda (Gascony)

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Gascony):(file)

### Noun

guarda f (plural guardas)
* (Gascony) guard, surveillance

### References

* Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 75.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ/ [ˈɡwaɦ.dɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ/ [ˈɡwaɦ.dɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡwaɻ.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ/ [ˈɡwaɾ.ðɐ]
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡwah.dɐ/
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Homophone: Guarda
* Hyphenation: guar‧da

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of guardar.

#### Noun

guarda m or f by sense (plural guardas)
* guard (person who who protects or watches over something or someone)
* (informal) police officer

##### Descendants

* → Indonesian: garda
* → Javanese: ꦒꦂꦝꦸ (gardhu)
** → Indonesian: gardu

#### Noun

guarda f (plural guardas)
* guard (squad responsible for protecting something or someone)
* flyleaf (blank page at the front or back of a book)

##### Descendants

* Kadiwéu: goaada

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

guarda
* inflection of guardar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡwaɾda/ [ˈɡwaɾ.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -aɾda
* Syllabification: guar‧da

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of guardar, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”), from *warduz (“guard”), *wardaz, or directly from the latter. Compare Italian guardia, Portuguese guarda, French garde.

#### Noun

guarda m or f by sense (plural guardas)
* guard, ward, keeper
* (Paraguay, Rioplatense) ticket inspector
    Synonym: cobrador

##### Derived terms

* ángel de la guarda
* guarda de seguridad
* guardar

#### Noun

guarda f (plural guardas)
* endpaper

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

guarda
* inflection of guardar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “guarda”, 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