guardafuego

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to protect (originally)”) +‎ fuego (“fire”).

Noun

guardafuego m (plural guardafuegos)

1. (nautical) fender (for fire)

Further reading

• “guardafuego”, 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