gobernar

From Latin gubernāre, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō).

• IPA^(key): /ɡobeɾˈnaɾ/ [ɡo.β̞eɾˈnaɾ]

gobernar (first-person singular indicative present gobierno, past participle gobernáu)

1. to govern

• “gobernar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “gobernar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

• governar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese governar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From Latin gubernāre, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō).

• IPA^(key): [ɡoβɛɾˈnaɾ]

gobernar (first-person singular present goberno, first-person singular preterite gobernei, past participle gobernado)

1. to govern
2. (nautical) to helm
3. to guide
4. to repair; to arrange; to maintain
5. to husband (to manage or administer carefully and frugally)

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “governar”, 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), “gouernar”, 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), “gobernar”, 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), “gobernar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gobernar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Spanish gobernar, gouernar, from Latin gubernāre, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡobeɾˈnaɾ/ [ɡo.β̞eɾˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: go‧ber‧nar

gobernar (first-person singular present gobierno, first-person singular preterite goberné, past participle gobernado)

1. to govern
2. to steer (a vehicle or watercraft)
3. to guide

   Synonym: guiar

• “gobernar”, 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