guardacárcel

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) +‎ cárceles (“prison”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaɾdaˈkaɾθel/ [ˌɡwaɾ.ð̞aˈkaɾ.θel] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˌɡwaɾdaˈkaɾsel/ [ˌɡwaɾ.ð̞aˈkaɾ.sel] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾθel (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -aɾsel (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: guar‧da‧cár‧cel

guardacárcel m (plural guardacárceles)

1. (Argentina) alternative form of guardiacárcel

• “guardacárcel”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010