guisa

See also: Guisa and guisá

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese guisa (“manner, way”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), probably through Vulgar Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣisa/ [ˈɣi.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: gui‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guises)

1. (archaic or obsolete) way, manner, except in the western expression nes guises del demoniu, "insanely quickly" literally "in the ways of the devil"

References

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “guisa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈɡi.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɡi.za]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Cognate with English wise and German Weise.

Noun

guisa f (plural guises)

1. manner, way

Derived terms

• a guisa de
• guisar

Further reading

• “guisa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

1. inflection of guisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology 1

13th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), probably through Vulgar Latin. Cognate with, among others, English wise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡisa̝/

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. (now literary) manner, way
   • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:

     Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agalla

     The good ink must be prepared in this wise: for preparing a neto of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall

Derived terms

• aguisar
• guisadeira
• guisado
• guisar
• guiso

References

• “guisa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “guisa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “guisa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “guisa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “guisa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

1. inflection of guisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wîsa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish and Portuguese guisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwi.za/
• Rhymes: -iza
• Hyphenation: guì‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guise)

1. (literary) manner, way

Further reading

• “guisa”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

• guissa

Etymology

From a Germanic root related to *wīsaz (“wise”), perhaps through Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa).

Noun

guisa f

1. way, manner
   • 1155, Fuero de Avilés:

     per quantos dias li vederá peinos é tidiador en tal guisa, dé tantos V sólidos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1256, Document‎^[2]:

     quiteme de todas las cosas que auía en esta guisa lexé a mios fillos toda mia auolenga.

     I removed myself from all the things that I had, in that way I left all my inheritance to my children.

   • c. 1296, Fuero de Zamora‎^[3]:

     E aquel que veniere por dar derecho, venga en tal guisa apareyado como cunpla a tal derecho, qual mandaren elos iuyzes.

     And those who come to perform such law [law demanding to aid any injured person], must come in such way equipped like the same law says, which the judges would mandate.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• guia
• guiza

Etymology

From Late Latin [Term?] (compare Old French guise, Italian guisa), from Proto-Germanic *wisa, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish guisa, Italian guisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiza/

Noun

guisa f (oblique plural guisas, nominative singular guisa, nominative plural guisas)

1. way, manner
   • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, Canso:

     Ma dona m'assai' e·m prueva, / Quossi de qual guiza l'am [...].

     My lady tries to test me to find out how much I love her.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• guysa (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From a Germanic root related to *wīsaz (“wise”), perhaps through Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa). Cognate with German Weise (“way, manner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiza/

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. way, manner
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v:

     Vio ſaul el albergada de los philiſteos e ouo mẏedo. ⁊ demãdo c̃ſeio al nr̃o ſẽnor. E nol reſpõdio en nulla guẏſa.

     [Then] Saul saw the encampment of the Philistines and he was afraid. And he sought the counsel of Our Lord, [but] He did not respond to him in any way.

Synonyms

• manera f

Descendants

• Spanish: guisa

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French guise, from Proto-Germanic *wīsą, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish and Italian guisa.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: gui‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. manner, habit

   Synonym: maneira

2. way

   Synonym: modo

   à guisa de ― by way of

Derived terms

• aguisar

Further reading

• “guisa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

1. inflection of guisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “guisa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “guisa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish guisa. Likely from Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa, “way, manner”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō (“way, method, etc.”), related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Compare English wise, guise and German weise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡisa/ [ˈɡi.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: gui‧sa

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. manner, guise, way
   • 1585, Miguel de Cervantes, La Galatea 1:

     el diestro brazo levantado, a guisa de quien esperaba hacer algún recio tiro

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. habit

   Synonyms: hábito, costumbre

Derived terms

• a guisa de

Further reading

• “guisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

1. inflection of guisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative