guardagujas

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to keep”) +‎ aguja (“railroad switch”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaɾdaˈɡuxas/ [ˌɡwaɾ.ð̞aˈɣ̞u.xas]

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• Rhymes: -uxas
• Syllabification: guar‧da‧gu‧jas

guardagujas m or f by sense (plural guardagujas)

1. (railway) switchman, switchwoman

• “guardagujas”, 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