- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.us/ [ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈhi.us], /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁiws/ [ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈhiʊ̯s]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.us/ [ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈhi.us], /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁiws/ [ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈhiʊ̯s]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈʁi.us/ [ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈhi.us], /ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈʁiws/ [ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈhiʊ̯s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁi.uʃ/ [ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈχi.uʃ], /ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈʁiwʃ/ [ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈχiʊ̯ʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡwaɻ.daˈʁi.us/ [ˌɡwaɻ.daˈhi.us], /ˌɡwaɻ.daˈʁiws/ [ˌɡwaɻ.daˈhiʊ̯s]
- Hyphenation: guar‧da‧ri‧os
guarda-rios m (invariable)
- kingfisher (any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines)
- Synonyms: martim-pescador, pica-peixe