guardaespatlles

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to protect”) +‎ espatlles (“shoulders”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌɡwar.də.əsˈpaʎ.ʎəs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌɡwar.də.əsˈpal.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌɡwaɾ.ða.esˈpal.les]

guardaespatlles m or f by sense (invariable)

1. bodyguard

guardaespatlles m (invariable)

1. shawl

   Synonym: cobriespatlles

• “guardaespatlles”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007