resguardar

Verb

 * 1)   to protect, shield

Verb

 * 1) to shelter or protect something
 * 2) to observe to follow or obey the custom, practice or rules
 * 3) to face to have the front in a certain direction

Etymology
From prefix + prefix  (from Latin ) + base.

Verb

 * 1) to safeguard, to protect
 * 2)  to hunker down, to take shelter