guardiacárcel
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɡwaɾdjaˈkaɾθel/ [ˌɡwaɾ.ð̞jaˈkaɾ.θel] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ˌɡwaɾdjaˈkaɾsel/ [ˌɡwaɾ.ð̞jaˈkaɾ.sel] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾθel (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -aɾsel (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: guar‧dia‧cár‧cel
Noun
guardiacárcel m or f by sense (plural guardiacárceles)
- (Rioplatense, Paraguay) prison guard
- Synonym: carcelero
Further reading
- “guardiacárcel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “guardiacárcel”, 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