montar la guardia
Spanish
Etymology
Compare French monter la garde.
Verb
montar la guardia (first-person singular present monto la guardia, first-person singular preterite monté la guardia, past participle montado la guardia)
- (idiomatic) to stand guard
Further reading
- “montar la guardia”, 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