vanguardia

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish avanguardia, from aván, shortening of avante (“forward, ahead”) + guardia (“warden, guard”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /banˈɡwaɾdja/ [bãŋˈɡwaɾ.ð̞ja]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾdja
Syllabification: van‧guar‧dia

Noun

vanguardia f (plural vanguardias)

Antonyms

retaguardia

Derived terms

de vanguardia

See also

avanzada (noun)

Further reading

“vanguardia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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