montar la guardia

Spanish

Etymology

Compare French monter la garde.

Verb

montar la guardia (first-person singular present monto la guardia, first-person singular preterite monté la guardia, past participle montado la guardia)

1. (idiomatic) to stand guard

Further reading

• “montar la guardia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28