guardagujas
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to keep”) + aguja (“railroad switch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˌɡwaɾdaˈɡuxas/ [ˌɡwaɾ.ð̞aˈɣ̞u.xas]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uxas
- Syllabification: guar‧da‧gu‧jas
Noun[edit]
guardagujas m or f by sense (plural guardagujas)
- (railway) switchman, switchwoman
Further reading[edit]
- “guardagujas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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