"guay" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [Ladino]

Forms: גואי [Hebrew]
  1. woe! Tags: romanization Synonyms: uay Derived forms: guay de, guay de mí, guaya

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈɡwai/, [ˈɡwai̯] Forms: guay [feminine, masculine, plural], guais [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ai Etymology: Unknown, maybe related to French gai, Italian gaio, English gay, of Germanic origin, or from Arabic كُوَيِّس (kuwayyis, “good”). Etymology templates: {{unk|es}} Unknown, {{cog|fr|gai}} French gai, {{cog|it|gaio}} Italian gaio, {{cog|en|gay}} English gay, {{der|es|gem|-}} Germanic, {{bor|es|ar|كُوَيِّس||t=good}} Arabic كُوَيِّس (kuwayyis, “good”) Head templates: {{es-adj|pl=#|pl2=guais}} guay m or f (masculine and feminine plural guay or guais)
  1. (Spain, colloquial) cool, terrific Tags: Spain, colloquial, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-guay-es-adj-es:cool Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 31 25 25 19 Synonyms: chachi, bacán, chévere, chido, guay, bacán [Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru], bacano [Chile, Colombia, Dominican-Republic], bárbaro [Argentina], buena onda [Argentina, Chile], chachi [Spain], chachi pistachi [Spain, informal], chulo, chido [Mexico], chingón [Mexico], chivo [Costa-Rica, El-Salvador], chiva [Costa-Rica], choro [Chile], chupi [Spain], chévere [Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela], de huevos [Mexico], diacachimba [Nicaragua], diaverga [Nicaragua], genial, guay [Spain], gufiao [Puerto-Rico], molón, nítido, padre [Mexico], perrón [Mexico], taquilla [Chile], tuanis [Costa-Rica], vergón [El-Salvador, vulgar]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈɡwai/, [ˈɡwai̯]
Rhymes: -ai Etymology: Unknown, maybe related to French gai, Italian gaio, English gay, of Germanic origin, or from Arabic كُوَيِّس (kuwayyis, “good”). Etymology templates: {{unk|es}} Unknown, {{cog|fr|gai}} French gai, {{cog|it|gaio}} Italian gaio, {{cog|en|gay}} English gay, {{der|es|gem|-}} Germanic, {{bor|es|ar|كُوَيِّس||t=good}} Arabic كُوَيِّس (kuwayyis, “good”) Head templates: {{es-adv}} guay
  1. (Spain, slang) cool, terrific Tags: Spain, slang
    Sense id: en-guay-es-adv-UeGclSD2 Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈɡwai/, [ˈɡwai̯]
Rhymes: -ai Etymology: Unknown, maybe related to French gai, Italian gaio, English gay, of Germanic origin, or from Arabic كُوَيِّس (kuwayyis, “good”). Etymology templates: {{unk|es}} Unknown, {{cog|fr|gai}} French gai, {{cog|it|gaio}} Italian gaio, {{cog|en|gay}} English gay, {{der|es|gem|-}} Germanic, {{bor|es|ar|كُوَيِّس||t=good}} Arabic كُوَيِّس (kuwayyis, “good”) Head templates: {{head|es|interjection}} guay
  1. (Spain) cool, terrific Tags: Spain
    Sense id: en-guay-es-intj-UeGclSD2 Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈɡwai/, [ˈɡwai̯]
Rhymes: -ai Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|guay||woe|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish guay (“woe”), {{inh+|es|osp|guay||woe}} Inherited from Old Spanish guay (“woe”), {{der|es|la|vae||woe}} Latin vae (“woe”), {{der|es|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹||woe}} Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai, “woe”), {{der|es|gem-pro|*wai}} Proto-Germanic *wai, {{der|es|ine-pro|*wai}} Proto-Indo-European *wai, {{cog|pt|guai}} Portuguese guai, {{cog|ca|guai}} Catalan guai, {{cog|it|guai}} Italian guai Head templates: {{head|es|interjection}} guay
  1. (obsolete) woe! (expresses grief) Tags: obsolete Synonyms: ay
    Sense id: en-guay-es-intj-es:woe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "chachi"
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          "word": "bacán"
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          "word": "chido"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chachi"
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        {
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            "Spain",
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          ],
          "word": "chachi pistachi"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "word": "chulo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
          ],
          "word": "chido"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
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          "word": "chingón"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
            "Costa-Rica",
            "El-Salvador"
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          "word": "chivo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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            "Costa-Rica"
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          "word": "chiva"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
            "Chile"
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          "word": "choro"
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "Spain"
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          "word": "chupi"
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            "Colombia",
            "Ecuador",
            "Peru",
            "Venezuela"
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          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
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          "word": "de huevos"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "Nicaragua"
          ],
          "word": "diacachimba"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
            "Nicaragua"
          ],
          "word": "diaverga"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "word": "genial"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
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          "word": "guay"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gufiao"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "word": "molón"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "word": "nítido"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
          ],
          "word": "padre"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
          ],
          "word": "perrón"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
          "tags": [
            "Chile"
          ],
          "word": "taquilla"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Costa-Rica"
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          "word": "tuanis"
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          "tags": [
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈɡwai̯]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ai"
    }
  ],
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    },
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        "Chile",
        "Colombia",
        "Cuba",
        "Ecuador",
        "Peru"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "Chile",
        "Colombia",
        "Dominican-Republic"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "Argentina"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "Argentina",
        "Chile"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "Spain"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "El-Salvador"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "Costa-Rica"
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      "word": "chiva"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "tags": [
        "Chile"
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      "word": "choro"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "Caribbean",
        "Colombia",
        "Ecuador",
        "Peru",
        "Venezuela"
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      "word": "chévere"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
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      "word": "de huevos"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "tags": [
        "Nicaragua"
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      "word": "diacachimba"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "Nicaragua"
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      "word": "diaverga"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "Spain"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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      "word": "gufiao"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "word": "nítido"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "padre"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "perrón"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "tags": [
        "Chile"
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      "word": "taquilla"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
      "tags": [
        "Costa-Rica"
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      "word": "tuanis"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:guay",
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        "El-Salvador",
        "vulgar"
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      "word": "vergón"
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  "word": "guay"
}

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    {
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      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "guai"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian guai",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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