aguardo
See also: aguardó
Asturian
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology 1
Deverbal from aguardar.
Noun
aguardo m (plural aguardos)
- (hunting) hideout
- 1844, Enrique Gil y Carrasco, El Señor de Bembibre:
- el buen montero todavía tuvo tiempo para volver a su aguardo y coger la liebre, que trajo triunfante a casa muy temprano deshaciéndose en elogios de su galgo.
- the good beater still had time to get back to his hideout and grab the hare, which he brought home triumphantly, singing the praises of his greyhound.
Further reading
- “aguardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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