guardia

== Italian == === Alternative forms === (archaic, literary) guarda === Etymology === From guardare, of Germanic origin, possibly corresponding to Frankish *warda or Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 (wardja), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, notice, give heed”). Compare French garde, Spanish guarda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡwar.dja/ Rhymes: -ardja Hyphenation: guàr‧dia === Noun === guardia f (plural guardie) guard (all senses) watch, guard duty, sentry duty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Afar: wardiyá → Polish: gwardia→ Belarusian: гва́рдыя (hvárdyja)→ Ukrainian: гва́рдія (hvárdija) → Russian: гва́рдия (gvárdija) === Further reading === guardia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary guardia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa guàrdia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication guàrdia in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore guardia in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “guardia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati === Anagrams === graduai, guardai, rugiada == Sicilian == === Alternative forms === guàrdia (diaeretic spelling) vardia (labio-dental orthography) guaddia, vaddia (eye dialect, regressive assimilation) === Etymology === Of Germanic origin. Derived possibly from Frankish *warda, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, notice, give heed”). Compare Catalan guàrdia, French garde, Italian guardia, Spanish guarda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈ(ɡ)waɾ.dja/, [ˈ(ɣ)waɾ.dja], [-d.dja], [-dɪ.a] IPA(key): /ˈvaɾ.dja/, [ˈvaɾ.dja], [-d.dja], [-dɪ.a] Rhymes: -aɾdia Hyphenation: guàr‧dia === Noun === guardia m or f (plural guardia or guardi) guard (all senses) watch, guard duty, sentry duty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sicilian: La Guardia, La VardiaEnglish: LaguardiaItalian: La Guardia, Laguardia ==== See also ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 (wardja). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡwaɾdja/ [ˈɡwaɾ.ð̞ja] Rhymes: -aɾdja Syllabification: guar‧dia === Noun === guardia m (plural guardias) custodian, warden (male) (military) guard, guardsman ==== Hyponyms ==== === Noun === guardia f (plural guardias) watch, guard, guarding, guard duty, sentry duty (military) guard (unit or squad) custody shift (in certain professions such as for medical staff) (martial arts) guard (ground grappling position) ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Quechua: wardiya → Tagalog: guwardiya === Further reading === “guardia”, 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