guisa

See also: guisá

Italian

Etymology

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

Cognate with English wise and German weise. Compare Spanish guisa, Portuguese guisa.

Noun

guisa f (plural guise)

1. (literary) manner, way

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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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

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

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. manner, habit
2. way

   à guisa de ― by way of

Synonyms

• (manner): maneira
• (way): modo

Derived terms

• aguisar

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Likely from Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*gisa, “way, manner”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō (“way, method, etc.”), related to *wīsaz (“wise”).

Cognate with to English wise and German weise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡisa/

Noun

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. manner
2. habit

Etymology 2

Verb

guisa

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of guisar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of guisar.