guiar
Spanish, verb/ˈɡjaɾ/
guiar is spelled G-U-I-A-R (5 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to guide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ir junto o delante de una persona para indicarle la ruta a seguir”.
What does guiar mean in English?
verb
- 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)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ir junto o delante de una persona para indicarle la ruta a seguir. 2. Manejar un aparato o una pieza mecánica de modo que siga la ruta adecuada. 3. Acompañar y orientar a una persona en sus decisiones. 4. Controlar un vehículo para que siga una ruta.
verb: 1. Crecer la guía₁₄ de una planta.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of guiar
- guío first-person present singular
- guie first-person preterite singular
- guiado participle past
- i-í alternation
- guiando gerund
- guiada feminine participle past
- guiados masculine participle past
- guiadas feminine participle past
- guías indicative informal present
- guias indicative informal present
- guía indicative present singular
- guiamos first-person indicative plural
- guiais indicative plural present
- guían indicative plural present
- guiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- guiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- guiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- guiabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guiar?
- /ˈɡjaɾ/
- [ˈɡjaɾ]
- /ɡiˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guiar in Spanish?
guiar appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).