Noun: guisa
Gender: f
Hyphenation: gui‧sa
| Singular f | guisa |
| Plural f | guisas |
Sample Sentences
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el diestro brazo levantado, a guisa de quien esperaba hacer algún recio tiro [1585, Miguel de Cervantes, La Galatea 1:]
Nouns inflected like guisa
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish guisa. Likely from Gothic *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*weisa, “way, manner”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsō (“way, method, etc.”), related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Compare English wise, guise and German weise. See: Old Spanish Nouns '
guisa', Old Spanish Nouns '
guisa', English Nouns '
wise'.
Verbs referencing "guisa"
English Nouns
wise, Old English Nouns
wise.
Translations