guayar

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈʝaɾ/ [ɡwaˈʝaɾ] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈʃaɾ/ [ɡwaˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈʒaɾ/ [ɡwaˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: gua‧yar

Etymology 1

From guayo (“grater”) +‎ -ar

Verb

guayar (first-person singular present guayo, first-person singular preterite guayé, past participle guayado)

  1. (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) to grate
    guayar la yuca ― to work hard
  2. (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) to bump and grind
  3. (Eastern Cuba) to work hard, as in grating yuca to make casabe, a popular meal
Conjugation
    Conjugation of guayar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive guayar
gerund guayando
past participle masculine feminine
singular guayado guayada
plural guayados guayadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present guayo guayastú
guayásvos 		guaya guayamos guayáis guayan
imperfect guayaba guayabas guayaba guayábamos guayabais guayaban
preterite guayé guayaste guayó guayamos guayasteis guayaron
future guayaré guayarás guayará guayaremos guayaréis guayarán
conditional guayaría guayarías guayaría guayaríamos guayaríais guayarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present guaye guayestú
guayésvos2 		guaye guayemos guayéis guayen
imperfect
(ra) 		guayara guayaras guayara guayáramos guayarais guayaran
imperfect
(se) 		guayase guayases guayase guayásemos guayaseis guayasen
future1 guayare guayares guayare guayáremos guayareis guayaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative guayatú
guayávos 		guaye guayemos guayad guayen
negative no guayes no guaye no guayemos no guayéis no guayen

1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms
  • guayar la hebilla

Further reading

  • Alba, Orlando (2004), Cómo hablamos los dominicanos: un enfoque sociolingüístico‎[1] (overall work in Spanish), Santo Domingo: Grupo León Jimenes, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From guay (“woe”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

guayar (first-person singular present guayo, first-person singular preterite guayé, past participle guayado)

  2. to lament

Further reading

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