de guardia
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de ˈɡwaɾdja/ [d̪e ˈɣ̞waɾ.ð̞ja]
- Syllabification: de guar‧dia
Adjective
- (idiomatic) on duty, on call, attending (e.g. an on-call nurse)
- Synonym: de turno
- Antonym: fuera de servicio
- (military) on duty, on guard, on watch
Further reading
- “de guardia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024