guardajoyas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to keep; to guard (originally)”) +‎ joyas (“jewels”).

Noun

guardajoyas m (plural guardajoyas)

1. master of the jewels
2. jewelry box

Further reading

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