vanguardia
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish avanguardia, from aván, shortening of avante (“forward, ahead”) + guardia (“warden, guard”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Noun
vanguardia f (plural vanguardias)
- vanguard, forefront
- avantgarde, cutting edge
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