guardavidas
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) + vidas (“lives”). Calque of English lifeguard.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
guardavidas m or f by sense (plural guardavidas)
- (Latin America) lifeguard
- Synonyms: socorrista, (Latin America) salvavidas
- 2015 December, “Paysandú y Salto sin playas todo el verano”, in El Pais (Uruguay)[1]:
- Jerarcas de la Intendencia indicaron a El País que ya se coordinó con Prefectura y se mantendrá una guardia de guardavidas en ambas playas.
- Hierarchs of the Intendancy indicated to El País that they have already coordinated with the Prefecture and a lifeguard will be maintained on both beaches.
Further reading[edit]
- “guardavidas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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