guay
See also: Guay
Ladino edit
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Interjection edit
guay (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גואי)
- woe!
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown, maybe related to French gai, Italian gaio, English gay, of Germanic origin, or from Arabic كُوَيِّس (kuwayyis, “good”).
Interjection edit
guay
Adjective edit
guay m or f (masculine and feminine plural guay or guais)
- (Spain, colloquial) cool, terrific
- Synonyms: chachi, bacán, chévere, chido; see also Thesaurus:guay
Usage notes edit
- This adjective is most often treated as invariable, with the form guay being used regardless of gender or number; however, the plural form guais is also often found. Hence, “They're very cool” may be expressed either as son muy guay or as son muy guais.
Adverb edit
guay
Usage notes edit
- Sometimes expanded to guay del Paraguay or guay de Paraguay.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish guay (“woe”), from Latin vae (“woe”) or Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai, “woe”), the latter from Proto-Germanic *wai, both from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with Portuguese guai, Catalan guai and Italian guai.
Interjection edit
guay
Further reading edit
- “guay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014