guiar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡiˈaɾ]

guiar (first-person singular present guio, first-person singular preterite guií, past participle guiat)

1. to guide

• guió

• guia

• “guiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese guiar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) either from Old French guier, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to go forth”); or directly from Gothic *𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*widan, “to join”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈaɾ/

guiar (first-person singular present guío, first-person singular preterite guiei, past participle guiado)
guiar (first-person singular present guio, first-person singular preterite guiei, past participle guiado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to guide, to lead
2. (pronominal) to obey, to follow
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 226:

     este rey dõ Afonso mãteue muy bem seu reyno, per consello dos sabios per que sse el guiaua

     this king, Don Afonso, kept very ably his realm, because of the advice of the sages whom he followed

• guiado

• guía

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “guiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “guiar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “guiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “guiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “guiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese guiar, from Early Medieval Latin guidāre, possibly from Gothic *𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*widan, “to join”).

guiar (first-person singular present guio, first-person singular preterite guiei, past participle guiado)

1. to lead; to guide; to direct

   Antonyms: desencaminhar, desgarrar

2. to drive (a vehicle)
3. to guide (supervise one's education)

• (lead): conduzir, encaminhar,
• (drive): dirigir, conduzir
• (supervise one's education): orientar, educar, ensinar

• guia
• guiado
• guiador
• guião
• guidão

Probably from Old Occitan guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), possibly through a Medieval Latin intermediate. Compare Portuguese guiar, French guider (Old French guier), Old Occitan guidar, Italian guidare, English guide.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡjaɾ/ [ˈɡjaɾ], /ɡiˈaɾ/ [ɡiˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: guiar, gui‧ar

guiar (first-person singular present guío, first-person singular preterite guie, past participle guiado)

1. to guide
2. to lead, to conduct
3. to show the way
4. to drive, to steer
5. to train (plants)
6. to advise, to counsel, to guide
7. to sprout (of plants)

• “guiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28