# guiar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ɡiˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ɡiˈaɾ]

### Verb

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

#### Derived terms

* guió

#### Related terms

* guia

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡiˈaɾ/

### Verb

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)
* (transitive) to guide, to lead
* (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 guiauathis king, Don Afonso, kept very ably his realm, because of the advice of the sages whom he followed

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* guiado

#### Related terms

* guía

### References

* 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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡiˈa(ʁ)/ [ɡɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɡja(ʁ)/ [ˈɡja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡiˈa(ʁ)/ [ɡɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɡja(ʁ)/ [ˈɡja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɡiˈa(ɾ)/ [ɡɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɡja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɡiˈa(ʁ)/ [ɡɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɡja(ʁ)/ [ˈɡja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡiˈa(ɻ)/ [ɡɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɡja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡjaɾ/, /ɡiˈaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡjaɾ/, /ɡiˈaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡja.ɾi/, /ɡiˈa.ɾi/

### Verb

guiar (first-person singular present guio, first-person singular preterite guiei, past participle guiado)
* to lead; to guide; to direct
    Antonyms: desencaminhar, desgarrar
* to drive (a vehicle)
* to guide (supervise one's education)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Related terms

* guia
* guiado
* guiador
* guião
* guidão

## Spanish
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡjaɾ/ [ˈɡjaɾ], /ɡiˈaɾ/ [ɡiˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: guiar, gui‧ar

### Verb

guiar (first-person singular present guío, first-person singular preterite guie, past participle guiado)
* to guide
* to lead, to conduct
* to show the way
* to drive, to steer
* to train (plants)
* to advise, to counsel, to guide
* to sprout (of plants)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* bomba guiada

#### Related terms

* guía
* guiarse

### Further reading

* “guiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10