resguardar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rəz.ɡwərˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [rez.ɣwaɾˈðaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [rez.ɡwarˈda]

Verb

resguardar (first-person singular present resguardo, first-person singular preterite resguardí, past participle resguardat)

1. (transitive) to protect, shield

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of resguardar (first conjugation)

infinitive	resguardar
gerund	resguardant
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	resguardat	resguardada
plural	resguardats	resguardades
person	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
present	resguardo	resguardes	resguarda	resguardem	resguardeu	resguarden
imperfect	resguardava	resguardaves	resguardava	resguardàvem	resguardàveu	resguardaven
future	resguardaré	resguardaràs	resguardarà	resguardarem	resguardareu	resguardaran
preterite	resguardí	resguardares	resguardà	resguardàrem	resguardàreu	resguardaren
conditional	resguardaria	resguardaries	resguardaria	resguardaríem	resguardaríeu	resguardarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
present	resguardi	resguardis	resguardi	resguardem	resguardeu	resguardin
imperfect	resguardés	resguardessis	resguardés	resguardéssim	resguardéssiu	resguardessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
affirmative	—	resguarda	resguardi	resguardem	resguardeu	resguardin
negative (no)	—	no resguardis	no resguardi	no resguardem	no resguardeu	no resguardin

Further reading

• “resguardar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “resguardar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “resguardar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “resguardar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old Galician-Portuguese re-

Portuguese re-

Portuguese esguardar

Portuguese resguardar

From re- + esguardar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁez.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [hez.ɡwaɦˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁez.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [hez.ɡwaɦˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁez.ɡwaɾˈda(ɾ)/ [hez.ɡwaɾˈda(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeʒ.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [χeʒ.ɡwaʁˈda(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁez.ɡwaɻˈda(ɻ)/ [hez.ɡwaɻˈda(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʒ.ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [ʁɨʒ.ɣwɐɾˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʒ.ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [ʁɨʒ.ɣwɐɾˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨʒ.ɡwɐɾˈda.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: res‧guar‧dar

Verb

resguardar (first-person singular present resguardo, first-person singular preterite resguardei, past participle resguardado)

1. to shelter or protect something
2. to observe (to follow or obey the custom, practice or rules)
3. to face (to have the front in a certain direction)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resguardar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	resguardar
Personal	resguardar	resguardares	resguardar	resguardarmos	resguardardes	resguardarem
Gerund
	resguardando
Past participle
Masculine	resguardado	resguardados
Feminine	resguardada	resguardadas
Indicative
Present	resguardo	resguardas	resguarda	resguardamos	resguardais	resguardam
Imperfect	resguardava	resguardavas	resguardava	resguardávamos	resguardáveis	resguardavam
Preterite	resguardei	resguardaste	resguardou	resguardamos1, resguardámos2	resguardastes	resguardaram
Pluperfect	resguardara	resguardaras	resguardara	resguardáramos	resguardáreis	resguardaram
Future	resguardarei	resguardarás	resguardará	resguardaremos	resguardareis	resguardarão
Conditional	resguardaria	resguardarias	resguardaria	resguardaríamos	resguardaríeis	resguardariam
Subjunctive
Present	resguarde	resguardes	resguarde	resguardemos	resguardeis	resguardem
Imperfect	resguardasse	resguardasses	resguardasse	resguardássemos	resguardásseis	resguardassem
Future	resguardar	resguardares	resguardar	resguardarmos	resguardardes	resguardarem
Imperative
Affirmative		resguarda	resguarde	resguardemos	resguardai	resguardem
Negative (não)	não resguardes	não resguarde	não resguardemos	não resguardeis	não resguardem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• resguardo

Related terms

• guardar

Further reading

• “resguardar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “resguardar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ es- (from Latin ex-) +‎ guardar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resɡwaɾˈdaɾ/ [rez.ɣ̞waɾˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: res‧guar‧dar

Verb

resguardar (first-person singular present resguardo, first-person singular preterite resguardé, past participle resguardado)

1. to safeguard, to protect

   Synonym: guarecer

2. (reflexive) to hunker down, to take shelter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resguardar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	resguardar
gerund	resguardando
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	resguardado	resguardada
plural	resguardados	resguardadas
	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	resguardo	resguardastú resguardásvos	resguarda	resguardamos	resguardáis	resguardan
imperfect	resguardaba	resguardabas	resguardaba	resguardábamos	resguardabais	resguardaban
preterite	resguardé	resguardaste	resguardó	resguardamos	resguardasteis	resguardaron
future	resguardaré	resguardarás	resguardará	resguardaremos	resguardaréis	resguardarán
conditional	resguardaría	resguardarías	resguardaría	resguardaríamos	resguardaríais	resguardarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	resguarde	resguardestú resguardésvos2	resguarde	resguardemos	resguardéis	resguarden
imperfect (ra)	resguardara	resguardaras	resguardara	resguardáramos	resguardarais	resguardaran
imperfect (se)	resguardase	resguardases	resguardase	resguardásemos	resguardaseis	resguardasen
future1	resguardare	resguardares	resguardare	resguardáremos	resguardareis	resguardaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		resguardatú resguardávos	resguarde	resguardemos	resguardad	resguarden
negative		no resguardes	no resguarde	no resguardemos	no resguardéis	no resguarden

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of resguardar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive resguardar	dative	resguardarme	resguardarte	resguardarle, resguardarse	resguardarnos	resguardaros	resguardarles, resguardarse
accusative	resguardarme	resguardarte	resguardarlo, resguardarla, resguardarse	resguardarnos	resguardaros	resguardarlos, resguardarlas, resguardarse
with gerund resguardando	dative	resguardándome	resguardándote	resguardándole, resguardándose	resguardándonos	resguardándoos	resguardándoles, resguardándose
accusative	resguardándome	resguardándote	resguardándolo, resguardándola, resguardándose	resguardándonos	resguardándoos	resguardándolos, resguardándolas, resguardándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative resguarda	dative	resguárdame	resguárdate	resguárdale	resguárdanos	not used	resguárdales
accusative	resguárdame	resguárdate	resguárdalo, resguárdala	resguárdanos	not used	resguárdalos, resguárdalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative resguardá	dative	resguardame	resguardate	resguardale	resguardanos	not used	resguardales
accusative	resguardame	resguardate	resguardalo, resguardala	resguardanos	not used	resguardalos, resguardalas
with formal second-person singular imperative resguarde	dative	resguárdeme	not used	resguárdele, resguárdese	resguárdenos	not used	resguárdeles
accusative	resguárdeme	not used	resguárdelo, resguárdela, resguárdese	resguárdenos	not used	resguárdelos, resguárdelas
with first-person plural imperative resguardemos	dative	not used	resguardémoste	resguardémosle	resguardémonos	resguardémoos	resguardémosles
accusative	not used	resguardémoste	resguardémoslo, resguardémosla	resguardémonos	resguardémoos	resguardémoslos, resguardémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative resguardad	dative	resguardadme	not used	resguardadle	resguardadnos	resguardaos	resguardadles
accusative	resguardadme	not used	resguardadlo, resguardadla	resguardadnos	resguardaos	resguardadlos, resguardadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative resguarden	dative	resguárdenme	not used	resguárdenle	resguárdennos	not used	resguárdenles, resguárdense
accusative	resguárdenme	not used	resguárdenlo, resguárdenla	resguárdennos	not used	resguárdenlos, resguárdenlas, resguárdense

Derived terms

• resguardo

Further reading

• “resguardar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025