guayar

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈʝaɾ/ [ɡwaˈʝaɾ]

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

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gua‧yar

Etymology 1

From guayo (“grater”) +‎ -ar, borrowed from a Caribbean language such as Haitian Creole.

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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• guayo

 

Further reading

• Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos‎^[1], Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar

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

• “guayar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28