guisado

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese guisado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), participle of guisar (“to stew”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈsado/ [ɡiˈs̺a.ð̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡiˈsado/ [ɡiˈs̺a.ð̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħiˈsado/ [ħiˈs̺a.ð̞ʊ]

• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: gui‧sa‧do

Participle

guisado (feminine guisada, masculine plural guisados, feminine plural guisadas)

1. past participle of guisar

Adjective

guisado (feminine guisada, masculine plural guisados, feminine plural guisadas)

1. stewed
2. (archaic) ready, prompt

   Synonym: pronto

3. (archaic) measured

   Synonym: medido

Noun

guisado m (plural guisados)

1. stew

   Synonyms: caldeirada, guiso

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “guisado”, 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), “guisado”, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “guisado”, 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), “guisado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Participle of guisar (“to stew”)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈza.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈza.du/ [ɡiˈza.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈza.du/ [ɡiˈza.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈza.du/

Noun

guisado m (plural guisados)

1. stew (dish cooked in liquid and served in the resulting gravy)

   Synonyms: cozido, ensopado

2. (South Brazil) a dish of finely chopped or diced meat

   Synonyms: picadinho, picado

3. (Rio Grande do Sul) mince

Participle

guisado (feminine guisada, masculine plural guisados, feminine plural guisadas)

1. past participle of guisar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Participle of guisar (“to stew”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈsado/ [ɡiˈsa.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: gui‧sa‧do

Noun

guisado m (plural guisados)

1. stew

   Synonym: guiso

2. (Mexico) casserole (meal)

   Synonym: cazuela

Descendants

• → Cebuano: gisado
• → Jamaican Creole: gizzada
• → Sassarese: ghisaddu
• → Tagalog: gisado

Participle

guisado (feminine guisada, masculine plural guisados, feminine plural guisadas)

1. past participle of guisar

Further reading

• “guisado”, 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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈsado/ [ɡ̠ɪˈsaː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: gui‧sa‧do

Adjective

guisado (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜇᜓ)

1. (common) alternative spelling of gisado

Derived terms

• pancit guisado

Noun

guisado (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜇᜓ)

1. (common) alternative spelling of gisado