gitara

See also: ģitāra, ģitārā, and gitarą

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra.

Noun

gitara

1. (music) guitar

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈtaɾa/ [ɡɪˈt̪a.ɾ̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: gi‧ta‧ra

Noun

gitara (Badlit spelling ᜄᜒᜆᜇ)

1. (music) guitar

   Synonym: sista

Central Cagayan Agta

Noun

gitara

1. (music) guitar

Cuyunon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra.

Noun

gitara

1. (music) guitar

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈtaɾa/ [ɡiˈtaː.ɾʌ]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: gi‧ta‧ra

Noun

gitára

1. (music) guitar

See also

• kolitengteng

References

• Allen, Larry (2021) “girára”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Kayapa Kallahan

Noun

gitara

1. (music) guitar

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲɪtɐˈrɐ]

Noun

gitarà f (plural gitãros) stress pattern 2

1. (music) guitar

Declension

Declension of gitarà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	gitarà	gitãros
genitive (kilmininkas)	gitãros	gitãrų
dative (naudininkas)	gitãrai	gitãroms
accusative (galininkas)	gitãrą	gitaràs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	gitarà	gitãromis
locative (vietininkas)	gitãroje	gitãrose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	gitãra	gitãros

References

• “gitara”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025

Masbatenyo

Noun

gitara

1. (music) guitar

Polish

gitary

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈta.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: gi‧ta‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra. Doublet of cytra and kitara.

Noun

gitara f (diminutive gitarka, related adjective gitarowy)

1. (music) guitar (stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick))

   Marcin gra na gitarze. ― Marcin plays the guitar.

Declension

Declension of gitara

	singular	plural
nominative	gitara	gitary
genitive	gitary	gitar
dative	gitarze	gitarom
accusative	gitarę	gitary
instrumental	gitarą	gitarami
locative	gitarze	gitarach
vocative	gitaro	gitary

Derived terms

nouns

• gitara akustyczna
• gitara elektryczna
• gitara hawajska
• gitara klasyczna
• gitariada
• gitarzysta
• gitarzystka

Descendants

• → Russian: гита́ра (gitára)
  • → Ingrian: gitari
  • → Kazakh: гитара (gitara)
  • → Mongolian: гитар (gitar)
  • → Uyghur: گىتار (gitar)
  • → Votic: gitari

Etymology 2

From git +‎ -ara.

Adverb

gitara (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) OK, no problem; cool (used to signify a job well done)

Further reading

• gitara I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gitara II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gitara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• gitara in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra.

Noun

gitára f (Cyrillic spelling гита́ра)

1. (music) guitar

Declension

Declension of gitara

	singular	plural
nominative	gitara	gitare
genitive	gitare	gitara
dative	gitari	gitarama
accusative	gitaru	gitare
vocative	gitaro	gitare
locative	gitari	gitarama
instrumental	gitarom	gitarama

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra.

Noun

gitara f (relational adjective gitarový)

1. (music) guitar

Declension

Declension of gitara
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	gitara	gitary
genitive	gitary	gitár
dative	gitare	gitarám
accusative	gitaru	gitary
locative	gitare	gitarách
instrumental	gitarou	gitarami

Related terms

• gitarista

Further reading

• “gitara”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gitaar or from English guitar.

Noun

gitara

1. (music) guitar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra, from Old Spanish guitarra, borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), borrowed from Aramaic קיתרא, borrowed from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of sitara.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈtaɾa/ [ɡɪˈt̪aː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: gi‧ta‧ra

Noun

gitara (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆᜇ) (music)

1. guitar

Derived terms

• gitarahin
• gumitara
• maggitara

Related terms

• gitarista

References

• “gitara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog gitara, from Spanish guitarra.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ɡitaɾa/ [ɡɪ.t̪aˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: gi‧ta‧ra

Noun

gitara (Sulat Sūg spelling ݢِتَرَ)

1. (Philippines) guitar

   Synonym: gitar

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guitarra.

Noun

gitara

1. (music) guitar