guardamonte
Spanish, noun/ɡwaɾdaˈmonte/
guardamonte is spelled G-U-A-R-D-A-M-O-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish, the 239,276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guardamonte is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “trigger guard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza de hierro arqueado en forma de semicírculo, clavada en la caja de un arma de fuego, de modo que…”.
What does guardamonte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrigger guard
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pieza de hierro arqueado en forma de semicírculo, clavada en la caja de un arma de fuego, de modo que resguarde el gatillo.
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 guardamonte
- guardamontes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guardamonte?
- /ɡwaɾdaˈmonte/
- [ɡwaɾ.ð̞aˈmõn̪.t̪e]
- [gwaɾð̞aˈmõn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is guardamonte in Spanish?
guardamonte appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).