guardarrío
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) + río (“river”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
guardarrío m (plural guardarríos)
- kingfisher
- Synonyms: martín pescador, alción, alcedón
Further reading edit
- “guardarrío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014