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- (archaic, literary) guarda
From guardare, of Germanic origin, possibly corresponding to Frankish *warda or Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 (wardja), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, notice, give heed”). Compare French garde, Spanish guarda.
guardia f (plural guardie)
- guard (all senses)
- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Schizzi d'architettura civile e militare”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 254:
Una sola guardia guarda, sanza muoversi, tutto il castello di dentro e di fori, la quale si de’ scambiare ogni tre ore.
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- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Schizzi d'architettura civile e militare”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 254:
- watch, guard duty, sentry duty
montare la guardia (to have the watch)
→ Afar: wardiyá
→ Polish: gwardia
→ Russian: гва́рдия (gvárdija)
guardia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
guardia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
guàrdia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
guàrdia in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
guardia in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “guardia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
guàrdia (diaeretic spelling)
vardia (labio-dental orthography)
Of Germanic origin. Derived possibly from Frankish *warda, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, notice, give heed”). Compare Catalan guàrdia, French garde, Italian guardia, Spanish guarda.
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ɡ)waɾ.dja/, [ˈ(ɣ)waɾ.dja], [-d.dja], [-dɪ.a]
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɾ.dja/, [ˈvaɾ.dja], [-d.dja], [-dɪ.a]
- Rhymes: -aɾdia
- Hyphenation: guàr‧dia
guardia m or f (plural **guardia or guardi)
- guard (all senses)
- watch, guard duty, sentry duty
Sicilian: La Guardia, La Vardia
- English: Laguardia
- Italian: La Guardia, Laguardia
guardia m (plural guardias)
- custodian, warden (male)
- (military) guard, guardsman
Los guardias no me dejan pasar a ver a mi hermano.
The guards are not letting me through to see my brother.
- guardia de seguridad (“security guard”)
guardia f (plural guardias)
- watch, guard, guarding, guard duty, sentry duty
- (military) guard (unit or squad)
- custody
- shift (in certain professions such as for medical staff)
- (martial arts) guard (ground grappling position)
Guardia de Asalto (“Assault Guard”) (Second Spanish Republic)
guardia de corps (“Garde du Corps”) (French military unit)
Guardia de Hierro (“Iron Guard”) (Romanian history)
guardia de honor (“guard of honor, honor guard”) (military, sports)
Guardia Imperial (“Napoleon's Imperial Guard”) (French history)
guardia nacional (“national guard”)
Guardia Pretoriana (“Praetorian Guard”) (Ancient Roman history)
guardia real (“royal guard”) (in general)
Guardia Real (“Royal Guard”) (Spain)
Guardia Suiza (“Swiss Guard”)
Guardia Suiza Pontificia (“Pontifical Swiss Guard”)
Guardia Valona (“Walloon guards”) (Belgian & Spanish history)
Guardia Varega (“Varangian Guard”) (Byzantine Empire)
vieja guardia (“old guard”)
hacer guardia (“to stand guard”)
montar guardia (“to stand guard, to keep guard”)
→ Quechua: wardiya
→ Tagalog: guwardiya
“guardia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025