guardagujas
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to keep”) + aguja (“railroad switch”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˌɡwaɾdaˈɡuxas/ [ˌɡwaɾ.ð̞aˈɣ̞u.xas]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uxas
- Syllabification: guar‧da‧gu‧jas
Noun edit
guardagujas m or f by sense (plural guardagujas)
- (railway) switchman, switchwoman
Further reading edit
- “guardagujas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014