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guisa
guisa
See also: guisá
Old Provençal
Alternative forms
Etymology
Late Latin (compare Old French guise, Italian guisa), from Proto-Germanic *wisa ( > English wise).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiza/
Noun
guisa f (oblique plural guisas, nominative singular guisa, nominative plural guisas)
- 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.
- Ma dona m'assai' e·m prueva, / Quossi de qual guiza l'am [...].
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:
Spanish
Etymology 1
Verb
guisa
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of guisar.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of guisar.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *wîsa, related to English wise and German weise.
Noun
guisa f (plural guisas)