guardabarros

/gwaɾðaˈβaros/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los guardabarros

Meaning

  1. mudguard

    Built from guarda (guards (from guardar)) + barros (mud).

    • El guardabarros de la bici está roto.

      The bike's mudguard is broken.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • guarda guards (from guardar)
  • barros mud

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

guarda-lama

guarda-lama is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "mudguard."

Portuguese

para-lama

para-lama is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "mudguard."

Practice

1 What does guardabarros mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ de la bici está roto.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches guardabarros?

nouncompound

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