guay

• uay

guay (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גואי‎)

1. woe!

• guay de
• guay de mí
• guaya

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwai/, [ˈɡwai̯]

From Latin vae (“woe”) or Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai, “woe”), from Proto-Germanic *wai, both from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with Portuguese guai and Italian guai.

guay

1. (obsolete) woe! (expresses grief)

• ay

Unknown, maybe related to French gai, Italian gaio, English gay of Germanic origin or from Arabic كويس‎ (kuwayyis).

guay (plural guay or guais)

1. (Spain, slang) cool, terrific, awesome, nifty, fab

• This adjective is most often treated as invariable, with the form guay being used regardless of gender or number; however, the plural form guais is also often found. Hence, “They're very cool” may be expressed either as son muy guay or as son muy guais.

guay

1. (Spain, slang) cool, terrific, awesome, nifty, fab

• Often expanded to guay de Paraguay.

• chachi (Spain)
• bacán
• chévere (Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela)
• chido (Mexico)
• choro (Chile)
• genial
• padre (Mexico)
• chiva (Costa Rica)
• tuanis (Costa Rica)

• buena onda

• “guay” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.