guardabarros
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) + barros (“muds”). Compare French garde-boue.
Noun
guardabarros m (plural guardabarros)
- fender, mudguard (shield to protect a vehicle from mud)
- Synonym: (Mexico) salpicadera
Further reading
- “guardabarros”, 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