guardacostas

See also: guarda-costas

Spanish

Alternative forms

• guardacosta

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) +‎ costas (“coasts”).

Noun

guardacostas m (plural guardacostas)

1. coastguard
2. coastguard boat

Further reading

• “guardacostas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014