guarda
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ/
guarda is spelled G-U-A-R-D-A (6 letters) and appears 83 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,168th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guarda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “guard (person who protects or watches over something or someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of guardar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de guardar”.
What does guarda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineguard (person who protects or watches over something or someone)
- 2
feminineinformalmasculinepolice officer
noun
- 1
feminineguard (squad responsible for protecting something or someone)
- 2
feminineflyleaf (blank page at the front or back of a book)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de guardar 2. proteção 3. vigilância 4. abrigo
noun: 1. distrito, município e freguesia portugueses
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of guarda
- guardas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guarda?
- Brazil /ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ/
- Brazil [ˈɡwaɦ.dɐ]
- /ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guarda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guarda in Portuguese?
guarda appears 83 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).