guía

Probably from the verb guiar. Cf. also French guide (Old French guie), Italian guida.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡia/ [ˈɡi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: guí‧a

guía m or f (plural guías)

1. guide

The noun guía is like several other Spanish nouns with a human referent and ending in a. The masculine articles and adjectives are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine articles and adjectives are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

guía f (plural guías)

1. guidebook
2. directory

• → Tagalog: giya

guía

1. inflection of guiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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