guardabosque

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally); to keep”) +‎ bosque (“forest”).

Noun

guardabosque m (plural guardabosques)

1. forest ranger
2. piha

Related terms

• guardaparque

Further reading

• “guardabosque”, 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