de guardia

Spanish

Adjective

de guardia (invariable)

1. (idiomatic) on duty, on call, attending (e.g. an on-call nurse)

   Synonym: de turno

   Antonym: fuera de servicio

2. (military) on duty, on guard, on watch

Further reading

• “de guardia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10