guiar

Meaning

  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)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
guiar, gui‧ar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡjaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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