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guardiamarina

Spanish, noun[gwaɾð̞jamaˈɾina]

guardiamarina is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “second lieutenant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Joven o cadete que se educa para ser un oficial experto de la marina militar”.

What does guardiamarina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesecond lieutenant

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Joven o cadete que se educa para ser un oficial experto de la marina militar. 2. Oficial más subalterno de la marina de guerra, equivalente al alférez en el ejército de tierra.

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 guardiamarina

  • guardiamarinas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce guardiamarina?

  • [gwaɾð̞jamaˈɾina]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to guardiamarina

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is guardiamarina in Spanish?

guardiamarina appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).