guarida
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
guarida f sg
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly from French guarite.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: gua‧ri‧da
Noun edit
guarida f (plural guaridas)
- an animal's hole, den, cave or thicket
- Synonym: toca
- (figuratively) shelter, refuge
- Synonyms: abrigo, refúgio, esconderijo
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Frankish *wardōn. Compare English ward and guard.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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
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Participle edit
guarida f sg
Further reading edit
- “guarida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014