guardabarros

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) +‎ barros (“muds”). Compare French garde-boue.

Noun

guardabarros m (plural guardabarros)

1. fender, mudguard (shield to protect a vehicle from mud)

   Synonym: (Mexico) salpicadera

Further reading

• “guardabarros”, 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