guardia — meaning in English
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English meaning
- call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- guard noun A person whose job is to protect a place, person, or thing.
- guardian noun Someone who protects or watches over a person or thing.
- parry verb To block or deflect a blow, attack, or difficult question.
- ward noun A section of a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for.
Senses
guardia is used for these senses in English:
- guard A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- guard (military, often, _, in the plural) An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries.
- guardian Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
- parry A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
- ward (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- ward A section or subdivision of a prison.
call — full definition
- verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
- verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
- verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
- noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.
guard — full definition
- noun A person whose job is to protect a place, person, or thing.
- noun A device or piece of equipment that protects part of the body or a machine from harm.
- noun A cautious or defensive stance, as in "on guard" or "off guard."
- verb To protect someone or something from danger or attack.