guardarraíl
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to protect (originally)”) + raíl (“rail”).
Noun
guardarraíl m (plural guardarrailes)
- guardrail, crash barrier, traffic barrier
- Synonyms: quitamiedos, (peyorative) quitavidas, bionda
Further reading
- “guardarraíl”, 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