guardafrenos
Spanish, noun[gwaɾð̞aˈfɾenos]
guardafrenos is spelled G-U-A-R-D-A-F-R-E-N-O-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish, the 249,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guardafrenos is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “brakeman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does guardafrenos mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinebrakeman
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El empleado encargado de apretar o aflojar los frenos que modifican el rozamiento entre la llanta de las ruedas y los carriles durante la marcha de los trenes por raíles.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce guardafrenos?
- [gwaɾð̞aˈfɾenos]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guardafrenos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guardafrenos in Spanish?
guardafrenos appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).