guard Significado & definición

Significado de guard en español

• 0 someone whose job is to protect a person or make sure that a person does not escape -- guardia, guarda

  • prison guards

• 1 to be ready to do something if a problem happens -- estar atento

  • Companies were warned to be on their guard for suspicious packages.

• 2 to protect someone or something so that no one attacks the person or thing, or steals the thing -- vigilar, escoltar

  • Soldiers guarded the main doors of the embassy.

• 3 to watch someone and make certain that they do not escape -- custodiar

  • Five prison officers guarded the prisoners.

• 4 informal for the National Guard -- la Guardia Nacional

• 5 a soldier, police officer, etc. who keeps a person or place safe -- guardia [ masculine-feminine ]

  • two guards at the gate dos guardias en la puerta

  • a border guard un guardia fronterizo

• 6 the act of protecting sb or sth or keeping sb from escaping -- guardia [ masculine-feminine ]

  • the hours during which he was on guard las horas durante las cuales el estuvo en guardia

  • the prisoner under guard el prisionero bajo vigilancia

• 7 paying attention because sth bad could happen -- bajo vigilancia

  • Be on your guard against Internet fraud. No bajes la guarda frente al fraude en Internet.

• 8 not paying attention and vulnerable to sth bad happening -- desprevenido/ida

  • He caught me off guard with his criticism. Sus críticas me pillaron desprevenida.

• 9 to keep safe -- vigilar

  • Two police officers guarded the door. Dos policías vigilaban la puerta.

  • to guard a secret guardar un secreto

• 10 to stop from escaping -- vigilar

  • He left the jail, guarded by two soldiers. Salió de la cárcel, vigilado por dos soldados.