guardapesca

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌɡwar.dəˈpɛs.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌɡwar.dəˈpəs.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌɡwaɾ.ðaˈpes.ka]

guardapesca m (invariable)

1. a fast, light boat used by game wardens to monitor compliance with fishing regulations

• “guardapesca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) +‎ pesca (“fishing”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡwar.daˈpes.ka/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eska
• Hyphenation: guar‧da‧pé‧sca

guardapesca m or f by sense (invariable)

1. water bailiff/fish warden

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) +‎ pesca (“fishing”).

guardapesca m (plural guardapescas)

1. game warden

• “guardapesca”, 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