guardafuego

== Spanish == === Etymology === Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to protect (originally)”) +‎ fuego (“fire”). === Noun === guardafuego m (plural guardafuegos) (nautical) fender (for fire) Lomatia dentata, a Chilean tree. === Further reading === “guardafuego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025