vanguardia
Spanish, noun/banˈɡwaɾdja/
vanguardia is spelled V-A-N-G-U-A-R-D-I-A (10 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,498th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vanguardia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “vanguard, forefront” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte de un ejército que va por delante del resto”.
What does vanguardia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevanguard, forefront
- 2
feminineavantgarde, cutting edge
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte de un ejército que va por delante del resto. 2. Conjunto de hombres, ideas, etc. renovadoras con relación a la sociedad que les rodea en cualquier actividad.
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 vanguardia
- vanguardias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vanguardia?
- /banˈɡwaɾdja/
- [bãŋˈɡwaɾ.ð̞ja]
- [bãŋˈgwaɾð̞ja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vanguardia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vanguardia in Spanish?
vanguardia appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).