guardameta
Spanish, noun/ɡwaɾdaˈmeta/
guardameta is spelled G-U-A-R-D-A-M-E-T-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guardameta is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “goalkeeper (player that protects a goal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Jugador que, en algunos deportes como el fútbol, está encargado de evitar que los rivales conviertan gol…”.
What does guardameta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinegoalkeeper (player that protects a goal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jugador que, en algunos deportes como el fútbol, está encargado de evitar que los rivales conviertan gol, aplicándosele reglas especiales
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.
Forms of guardameta
- guardametas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guardameta?
- /ɡwaɾdaˈmeta/
- [ɡwaɾ.ð̞aˈme.t̪a]
- [gwaɾð̞aˈmet̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guardameta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guardameta in Spanish?
guardameta appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).