guardar

From Medieval Latin wardō, from Frankish *wardōn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognates include English ward.

guardar (first-person singular present guardo, past participle guardat)

1. to keep
2. to order
3. to clean
4. (computing) to save

   Synonym: desar

• guàrdia
• guardià

• “guardar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “guardar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “guardar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “guardar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

guardar

1. to guard

From Old Portuguese guardar, from Medieval Latin wardō, from Frankish *wardōn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognates include English ward.

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ɡwaɦ.ˈda(h)/
• Hyphenation: guar‧dar

guardar (first-person singular present guardo, first-person singular preterite guardei, past participle guardado)

1. to save, keep, retain, preserve
2. to protect, defend
3. to put away (to put something in its usual storage place)

From Medieval Latin wardō, from Frankish *wardōn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognates include English ward.

guardar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) to look, look at, watch

• (Sursilvan) mirar
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) vurdar

• (Vallader) guardar davo (“to look up, look for, search, seek”)

From Medieval Latin wardō, from Frankish *wardōn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”). Alternatively coined in Spanish from guarda, from Proto-Germanic *wardō; both verb and noun from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Compare Italian guardare, German warten, French garder, and English guard and ward.

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaɾˈdaɾ/ [ɡwaɾˈð̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: guar‧dar

guardar (first-person singular present guardo, first-person singular preterite guardé, past participle guardado)

1. (transitive) to save (to store for future use)
2. (computing) to save (to write a file to disk or other storage medium)

   guardar un archivo ― to save a file

3. to keep

   Ha jurado guardarlo secreto

   He has sworn to keep it secret

4. to order
5. to clean
6. to put away

   Guárdalo antes de que lo vean.

   Put it away before they see it.

• “guardar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014