Significado de guard en inglés
guardguard1 /ɡɑːd $ ɡɑːrd/ noun 
Ver todas las traducciones1person [countable] a)someone whose job is to protect a place or personpersona cuya labor es proteger un lugar o a una persona: 
There were two security guards on duty outside the building.Había dos guardias de seguridad de guardia fuera del edificio. We were stopped by border guards.Nos detuvieron los guardias fronterizos. Armed guards were posted by the exit.Había guardias armados apostados junto a la salida. b)someone whose job is to prevent prisoners from escapingpersona cuya labor es impedir que los presos se escapen: The prison guards were reasonably friendly.Los guardias de la prisión eran bastante amables.2protection [uncountable] the act or duty of protecting places or people, or of preventing prisoners from escapingacto o deber de proteger lugares o personas, o de impedir que los presos escapenbe on guard Who was on guard the night the fire broke out?¿Quién estaba de guardia la noche en que se declaró el incendio?keep/stand guard (over somebody/something) Gunmen stood guard at the camp entrance.Hombres armados hacían guardia en la entrada del campamento.be under (police/armed etc) guard (=to be guarded by a group of people)(=estar custodiado por un grupo de personas) He was taken to hospital, where he is now under police guard.Lo llevaron al hospital, donde ahora se encuentra bajo custodia policial.3soldiers a)[singular] a group of soldiers who guard someone or somethinggrupo de soldados que protegen a alguien o algo: The president has called in the National Guard.El presidente ha convocado a la Guardia Nacional. b)the Guards British English a group of soldiers who protect the king or queengrupo de soldados que protegen al rey o a la reina4equipment [countable] something that is used to protect someone or something from damage or injuryalgo que se usa para proteger a alguien o algo de daños o lesiones: a face guardun protector facial a fire guarduna pantalla de chimenea5on a train [countable] British English a person whose job is to be in charge of a trainpersona cuyo trabajo es estar a cargo de un tren SYN conductor American English6on your guard to be paying attention to what is happening in order to avoid danger, being tricked etcestar atento a lo que ocurre para evitar peligros, engaños, etc.: These men are dangerous so you’ll need to be on your guard.Estos hombres son peligrosos, así que tendrás que estar en guardia. Something in his tone put her on her guard.Algo en su tono la puso en guardia.7catch/throw somebody off guard to surprise someone by doing something that they are not ready to deal withsorprender a alguien con algo para lo que no está preparado: Senator O'Hare was caught off guard by the question.La pregunta tomó desprevenido al senador O'Hare.8guard of honour a group of people who walk or stand together at a special occasion in order to show respectgrupo de personas que caminan o se sitúan juntas en una ocasión especial para mostrar respeto: Police colleagues formed a guard of honour at her funeral.Sus colegas policías formaron una guardia de honor en su funeral.9the old guard a group of people in an organization who want to do things in the way they were done in the pastgrupo de personas dentro de una organización que quieren hacer las cosas como se hacían en el pasado: the Communist old guardla vieja guardia comunista10fighting [singular] the position of holding your arms or hands up in a fight in order to defend yourselfposición de mantener los brazos o las manos en alto en una pelea para defenderse: He swung at me and I brought my guard up.Me lanzó un golpe y yo subí la guardia.11sport [countable] a)one of two players on a basketball team who is responsible for moving the ball to help their team gain pointsuno de los dos jugadores de un equipo de baloncesto encargado de mover el balón para ayudar al equipo a anotar puntos b)one of two players on an American football team who plays either side of the centreuno de los dos jugadores de un equipo de fútbol americano que juega a cada lado del centro
Ver todas las traducciones1person [countable] a)someone whose job is to protect a place or personpersona cuya labor es proteger un lugar o a una persona: There were two security guards on duty outside the building.Había dos guardias de seguridad de guardia fuera del edificio. We were stopped by border guards.Nos detuvieron los guardias fronterizos. Armed guards were posted by the exit.Había guardias armados apostados junto a la salida. b)someone whose job is to prevent prisoners from escapingpersona cuya labor es impedir que los presos se escapen: The prison guards were reasonably friendly.Los guardias de la prisión eran bastante amables.2protection [uncountable] the act or duty of protecting places or people, or of preventing prisoners from escapingacto o deber de proteger lugares o personas, o de impedir que los presos escapenbe on guard Who was on guard the night the fire broke out?¿Quién estaba de guardia la noche en que se declaró el incendio?keep/stand guard (over somebody/something) Gunmen stood guard at the camp entrance.Hombres armados hacían guardia en la entrada del campamento.be under (police/armed etc) guard (=to be guarded by a group of people)(=estar custodiado por un grupo de personas) He was taken to hospital, where he is now under police guard.Lo llevaron al hospital, donde ahora se encuentra bajo custodia policial.3soldiers a)[singular] a group of soldiers who guard someone or somethinggrupo de soldados que protegen a alguien o algo: The president has called in the National Guard.El presidente ha convocado a la Guardia Nacional. b)the Guards British English a group of soldiers who protect the king or queengrupo de soldados que protegen al rey o a la reina4equipment [countable] something that is used to protect someone or something from damage or injuryalgo que se usa para proteger a alguien o algo de daños o lesiones: a face guardun protector facial a fire guarduna pantalla de chimenea5on a train [countable] British English a person whose job is to be in charge of a trainpersona cuyo trabajo es estar a cargo de un tren SYN conductor American English6on your guard to be paying attention to what is happening in order to avoid danger, being tricked etcestar atento a lo que ocurre para evitar peligros, engaños, etc.: These men are dangerous so you’ll need to be on your guard.Estos hombres son peligrosos, así que tendrás que estar en guardia. Something in his tone put her on her guard.Algo en su tono la puso en guardia.7catch/throw somebody off guard to surprise someone by doing something that they are not ready to deal withsorprender a alguien con algo para lo que no está preparado: Senator O'Hare was caught off guard by the question.La pregunta tomó desprevenido al senador O'Hare.8guard of honour a group of people who walk or stand together at a special occasion in order to show respectgrupo de personas que caminan o se sitúan juntas en una ocasión especial para mostrar respeto: Police colleagues formed a guard of honour at her funeral.Sus colegas policías formaron una guardia de honor en su funeral.9the old guard a group of people in an organization who want to do things in the way they were done in the pastgrupo de personas dentro de una organización que quieren hacer las cosas como se hacían en el pasado: the Communist old guardla vieja guardia comunista10fighting [singular] the position of holding your arms or hands up in a fight in order to defend yourselfposición de mantener los brazos o las manos en alto en una pelea para defenderse: He swung at me and I brought my guard up.Me lanzó un golpe y yo subí la guardia.11sport [countable] a)one of two players on a basketball team who is responsible for moving the ball to help their team gain pointsuno de los dos jugadores de un equipo de baloncesto encargado de mover el balón para ayudar al equipo a anotar puntos b)one of two players on an American football team who plays either side of the centreuno de los dos jugadores de un equipo de fútbol americano que juega a cada lado del centroguardguard2 verb [transitive] 1to protect a person, place, or object by staying near them and watching themproteger a una persona, un lugar o un objeto permaneciendo cerca y vigilándolos: The Sergeant told Swift to guard the entrance.El sargento le ordenó a Swift que vigilara la entrada. a lioness guarding her cubsuna leona protegiendo a sus cachorrosguard somebody/something against something There is no one to guard these isolated farms against attack.No hay nadie que proteja estas granjas aisladas de posibles ataques.► see thesaurus at protect2to watch a prisoner to prevent them from escapingvigilar a un prisionero para evitar que escape3to protect something such as a right or a secret by preventing other people from taking it away, discovering it etcproteger algo, como un derecho o un secreto, impidiendo que otros lo arrebaten, descubran, etc.: chiefs who jealously guarded their independencejefes que guardaban celosamente su independencia a closely guarded secretun secreto celosamente guardado4to prevent another sports player from gaining points, getting the ball etcimpedir que otro jugador anote puntos, obtenga el balón, etc.guard against something phrasal verb to prevent something from happeningevitar que algo suceda: Exercise can guard against a number of illnesses.El ejercicio puede proteger contra una variedad de enfermedades.guard against doing something Nurses should guard against becoming too attached to their patients.Los enfermeros deben protegerse de apegarse demasiado a sus pacientes.
1to protect a person, place, or object by staying near them and watching themproteger a una persona, un lugar o un objeto permaneciendo cerca y vigilándolos: The Sergeant told Swift to guard the entrance.El sargento le ordenó a Swift que vigilara la entrada. a lioness guarding her cubsuna leona protegiendo a sus cachorrosguard somebody/something against something There is no one to guard these isolated farms against attack.No hay nadie que proteja estas granjas aisladas de posibles ataques.► see thesaurus at protect2to watch a prisoner to prevent them from escapingvigilar a un prisionero para evitar que escape3to protect something such as a right or a secret by preventing other people from taking it away, discovering it etcproteger algo, como un derecho o un secreto, impidiendo que otros lo arrebaten, descubran, etc.: chiefs who jealously guarded their independencejefes que guardaban celosamente su independencia a closely guarded secretun secreto celosamente guardado4to prevent another sports player from gaining points, getting the ball etcimpedir que otro jugador anote puntos, obtenga el balón, etc.guard against something phrasal verb to prevent something from happeningevitar que algo suceda: Exercise can guard against a number of illnesses.El ejercicio puede proteger contra una variedad de enfermedades.guard against doing something Nurses should guard against becoming too attached to their patients.Los enfermeros deben protegerse de apegarse demasiado a sus pacientes.