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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
off guard adv	(when unprepared)	por sorpresa loc adv
		con la guardia baja loc adv
		en un momento de descuido loc adv
	I was taken completely off guard when the police arrived with a search warrant.
	Los policías me agarraron por sorpresa cuando llegaron con la orden de registro.
off guard, off-guard adj	(unprepared)	con la guardia baja loc adj
		desprevenido/a adj
Note: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective that precedes a noun.
	The thief took advantage of a moment when the shopkeeper was off guard.
	El ladrón aprovechó cuando el vendedor estaba con la guardia baja.

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
catch [sb] off guard v expr	(take [sb] by surprise) (coloquial)	agarrar por sorpresa loc verb
	The offer of early retirement caught me off guard; I hadn't guessed it was coming.
		agarrar desprevenido loc verb
		agarrar desprevenido a loc verb
		tomar por sorpresa a loc verb

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'off guard' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

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Spanish:

a contrapié - agarrar en curva - descuidado - desprevenido - fuera de base - premunirse

Forum discussions with the word(s) "off guard" in the title:

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caught off guard
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It kind of caught me off-guard
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You caught me off guard
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