guarida
Catalan
Pronunciation
Participle
guarida f sg
- feminine singular of guarit
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from French guarite.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwaˈɾi.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwaˈɾi.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐˈɾi.dɐ/ [ɡwɐˈɾi.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: gua‧ri‧da
Noun
guarida f (plural guaridas)
- an animal's hole, den, cave or thicket
- Synonym: toca
- (figuratively) shelter, refuge
- Synonyms: abrigo, refúgio, esconderijo
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Frankish *wardōn. Compare English ward and guard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwaˈɾida/ [ɡwaˈɾi.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ida
- Syllabification: gua‧ri‧da
Noun
guarida f (plural guaridas)
- lair, cave, den, or thicket that an animal uses to hide
- Synonyms: cubil, madriguera
- shelter or safehouse
- hideout, hangout, lair, hiding place
- (archaic) medicine, refuge
Related terms
Participle
guarida f sg
- feminine singular of guarido
Further reading
- “guarida”, 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