ward [wɔːd]
ward(
wawrd
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (medicine)
a. la sala
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The doctors took the woman to the maternity ward to deliver her baby.Los doctores llevaron a la mujer a la sala de maternidad para asistirla durante el parto de su bebé.
2. (politics)
a. el distrito electoral
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My brother and I live in different wards, so we vote in different elections.Mi hermano y yo vivimos en distritos electorales diferentes, por lo que votamos en elecciones diferentes.
3. (part of a key)
a. la guarda
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I think you have the wrong key. The wards on it are getting stuck in the lock.Creo que te has equivocado de llave, las guardas se atrancan en la cerradura.
4. (legal)
a. el pupilo , la pupila
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
When both of his parents died in an accident, he became a ward of the court.Cuando sus padres murieron en un accidente, pasó a ser pupilo bajo tutela judicial.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
5. (to fight against; used with "against")
a. combatir
Groups of volunteers formed in the refugee camps to ward against crime and violence.En los campos de refugiados se formaron grupos de voluntarios para combatir el crimen y la violencia.
ward
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (in hospital)
a. la sala
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
2. (electoral division)
a. el distrito electoral
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
3. (law)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
ward of courtpupilo(a) bajo tutela
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Word Roots
Hover on a tile to learn new words with the same root.
Examples
Explore SpanishDict
We've combined the most accurate English to Spanish translations, dictionary, verb conjugations, and Spanish to English translators into one very powerful search box.
Learn Spanish with Fluencia
Try Fluencia, the new Spanish learning program from SpanishDict.
- Fun and interactive
- Highly effective
- Easy to use
- Works on any device
Did this page answer your question?
