guardavalla

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to keep”) +‎ valla (“obstacle, fence”).

Noun

guardavalla m or f by sense (plural guardavallas)

1. goalkeeper

Further reading

• “guardavalla”, 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