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guarida

lair

noun gwah-REE-dah Rare

Origin: From guarir (to shelter), of Germanic origin, related to warding.

Also means

hideout

Usage Note

Guarida refers to a wild animal's den or lair, and figuratively to a hideout or refuge used by criminals or fugitives. It is evocative and literary in tone — in neutral contexts refugio or escondite are more common. The word appears frequently in fiction and journalism when describing criminal hideouts.

Examples

"La policía encontró la guarida del criminal abandonada."

Natural Translation

The police found the criminal's hideout abandoned.

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