guayar

Spanish

Pronunciation
 
  • 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.[1]

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.

References
  1. Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century. (2004). Kiribati: Cambridge University Press, p. 192

Further reading
  • Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos‎, 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)

  1. to lament

Further reading
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