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guiar

to guide

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is an irregular -ar verb.

The Spanish verb guiar means to guide.

Present tense:

yoguío
guías
él/ella/ustedguía
nosotrosguiamos
vosotrosguiáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesguían

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesguiaran
yoguiara
guiaras
vosotrosguiarais
nosotrosguiáramos
él/ella/ustedguiara

The imperfect subjunctive of guiar is regular: guiara, guiaras, guiara, guiáramos, guiarais, guiaran.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesguíen
yoguíe
guíes
vosotrosguiéis
nosotrosguiemos
él/ella/ustedguíe

The present subjunctive of guiar follows the present indicative's irregularity, adding an accent to 'í' in most forms.

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imperative

negative

no guíes
vosotrosno guiéis
ustedesno guíen
nosotrosno guiemos
ustedno guíe

The negative imperative of guiar uses the present subjunctive forms: no guíes, no guíe, no guiemos, no guíen.

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affirmative

guía
vosotrosguiad
ustedesguíen
nosotrosguiemos
ustedguíe

The imperative of guiar uses 'guía' for tú and 'guíe' for usted.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesguiarían
yoguiaría
guiarías
vosotrosguiaríais
nosotrosguiaríamos
él/ella/ustedguiaría

The conditional of guiar is regular: guiaría, guiarías, guiaría, guiaríamos, guiaríais, guiarían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesguiaron
yoguie
guiaste
vosotrosguiasteis
nosotrosguiamos
él/ella/ustedguio

The preterite of guiar is regular in its endings, but 'guie' and 'guio' no longer take accents in modern spelling.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesguiaban
yoguiaba
guiabas
vosotrosguiabais
nosotrosguiábamos
él/ella/ustedguiaba

The imperfect of guiar is completely regular: guiaba, guiabas, guiaba, guiábamos, guiabais, guiaban.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesguían
yoguío
guías
vosotrosguiáis
nosotrosguiamos
él/ella/ustedguía

The present of guiar is irregular, adding an accent to the 'í' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesguiarán
yoguiaré
guiarás
vosotrosguiaréis
nosotrosguiaremos
él/ella/ustedguiará

The future of guiar is regular: guiaré, guiarás, guiará, guiaremos, guiaréis, guiarán.

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