guardascambi

Meaning

switchman/switchwoman, pointsman/pointswoman (a person who operates railroad switches, which route trains onto the right tracks)

Translations

guardagujas

locomotora de maniobras

Hyphenated as

guar‧da‧scàm‧bi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɡwar.dasˈkam.bi/

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) + scambi (“railroad switches, points”).