Breakdown of Guarda el pan en el congelador si no vas a comerlo hoy.
el pan
the bread
comer
to eat
tú
you
en
in
Questions & Answers about Guarda el pan en el congelador si no vas a comerlo hoy.
Is guarda a command here?
Yes. Guarda is the tú imperative of guardar, so it means store / keep / put away when speaking to one person informally.
So:
- Guarda el pan... = Store the bread... / Put the bread away...
If you were speaking more formally to one person, you would say:
- Guarde el pan...
And in Spain, to more than one person informally:
- Guardad el pan...
Why does guardar mean store here? I thought it meant to guard.
This is a very common question because guardar can look like the English word guard, but in everyday Spanish it often means:
- to keep
- to store
- to put away
- to save
So in this sentence, guarda el pan en el congelador means put the bread in the freezer / store the bread in the freezer, not protect the bread.
Why is it el pan and not just pan?