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SPANISH VERB

guiar

to guide

  • Irregular -ar verb
  • Gerund: guiando
  • Past participle: guiado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I guide
  2. tú you guide
  3. usted, él, ella he/she guides
  4. nosotros we guide
  5. vosotros Spain you all guide
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they guide

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I guided
  2. tú you guided
  3. usted, él, ella he/she guided
  4. nosotros we guided
  5. vosotros Spain you all guided
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they guided

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to guide
  2. tú you used to guide
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to guide
  4. nosotros we used to guide
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to guide
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to guide

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will guide
  2. tú you will guide
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will guide
  4. nosotros we will guide
  5. vosotros Spain you all will guide
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will guide

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would guide
  2. tú you would guide
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would guide
  4. nosotros we would guide
  5. vosotros Spain you all would guide
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would guide

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I guide
  2. tú (that) you guide
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she guide
  4. nosotros (that) we guide
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all guide
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they guide

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I guided
  2. tú (if) you guided
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she guided
  4. nosotros (if) we guided
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all guided
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they guided

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú guide!
  2. usted guide! (formal)
  3. nosotros guide! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain guide! (all of you)
  5. ustedes guide! (all of you)

How to use guiar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Mi tío guía turistas en las ruinas de Palenque.

    My uncle guides tourists at the Palenque ruins.

  2. Past

    Unos niños nos guiaron hasta la iglesia.

    Some kids guided us to the church.

  3. Imperfect

    Las estrellas guiaban a los marineros de noche.

    The stars guided sailors at night.

  4. Future

    Yo los guiaré por el centro histórico.

    I'll guide you around the historic center.

  5. Conditional

    Yo te guiaría, pero no conozco esta zona.

    I'd guide you, but I don't know this area.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Pide que te guíe alguien del pueblo.

    Ask someone from the village to guide you.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si nos guiara un local, veríamos más cosas.

    If a local guided us, we'd see more things.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Guíame, que yo no conozco el camino!

    Guide me, I don't know the way!

Where you hear guiar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Beginner Level 2

  • Creemos que su olor guía a las almas. We believe that their smell guides the souls.
  • Guié al grupo por las ruinas. I guided the group through the ruins.
  • Los voy a guiar por la ciudad. I'm going to guide you through the city.
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Beginner Level 2 · guía

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