gobernar

From Latin gubernāre, present active infinitive of gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō).

gobernar (first-person singular indicative present gobierno, past participle gobernáu)

1. to govern

• gobiernu

• governar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese governar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From Latin gubernāre, present active infinitive of gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō).

• IPA^(key): [ɡoβɛɾˈnaɾ]

gobernar (first-person singular present goberno, first-person singular preterite gobernei, past participle gobernado)

1. to govern
2. (nautical) to helm
3. to guide
4. to repair; to arrange; to maintain
5. to husband (to manage or administer carefully and frugally)

• “governar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “gouernar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “gobernar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “gobernar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gobernar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Inherited from Old Spanish gobernar, gouernar, from Latin gubernāre, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡobeɾˈnaɾ/ [ɡo.β̞eɾˈnaɾ]
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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: go‧ber‧nar

gobernar (first-person singular present gobierno, first-person singular preterite goberné, past participle gobernado)

1. to govern
2. to steer (a vehicle or watercraft)
3. to guide

   Synonym: guiar

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