lifeguard

Significado (Inglés)

1. A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
2. (uncommon) A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of someone's (especially a king's) life or person.
3. A sturdy metal bracket fixed in front of each of the leading wheels of a train to deflect small objects away from the wheels to prevent derailment.

Conceptos

bañero

socorrista

salvavidas

guardavidas

ba ero

Sinónimos

lifesaver

salvor

wrecker

swimming-master

lake-lifeguard

bathing attendant

surf-lifeguard

ocean-lifeguard

pool-attendant

Traducciones

bagnino

badmeester

Rettungsschwimmer

ναυαγοσώστης

salva-vidas

socorrista

maître-nageur

Strandwächter

sauveteur

cankurtaran

maître nageur

Bademeister

maître baigneur

bagnaiuolo

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con alemán: Leibgarde

Cognado con danés: livgarde

Cognado con sueco: livgarde

Cognado con inglés antiguo: līfweard

In summary

From life + guard, calque of Dutch lijfgarde, where life has the sense of Dutch lijf (“body”) (hence literally “bodyguard”). Compare German Leibgarde (“bodyguard”), Danish livgarde (“bodyguard”), Swedish livgarde (“bodyguard”). Compare also Old English līfweard (“guardian of life”).

Oraciones

The park is staffed by an award-winning Jeff Ellis and Associates certified lifeguard team .

El parque cuenta con un galardonado equipo de salvavidas certificado por Jeff Ellis y Associates.