guisa

13th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), probably through Vulgar Latin.[1] Cognate with, among others, English wise.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡisa̝/

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. (literary) manner, way
   • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza (ed.), 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 manner: for preparing a neto of ink, a ounce and a half of oak gall

• aguisar
• guisadeira
• guisado
• guisar
• guiso

• “guisa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “guisa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “guisa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “guisa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwi.za/
• Hyphenation: gui‧sa

guisa f (plural guise)

1. (literary) manner, way

• guia
• guiza

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɡiza/

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.

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

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

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡizɐ/
• Hyphenation: gui‧sa

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. manner, habit
2. way

   à guisa de ― by way of

• (manner): maneira
• (way): modo

• aguisar

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡisa/
• Hyphenation: gui‧sa

guisa f (plural guisas)

1. manner
2. habit

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.