guay

• uay

guay (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גואי)

1. woe!

• guay de
• guay de mí
• guaya

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwai/ [ˈɡwai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: guay

Unknown, maybe related to French gai, Italian gaio, English gay, of Germanic origin, or from Arabic كُوَيِّس (kuwayyis, “good”).

guay

1. (Spain) cool, terrific

guay m or f (masculine and feminine plural guay or guais)

2. (Spain, colloquial) cool, terrific

   Synonyms: chachi, bacán, chévere, chido; see also Thesaurus:guay

• This adjective is most often treated as invariable, with the form guay being used regardless of gender or number; however, the plural form guais is also often found. Hence, “They're very cool” may be expressed either as son muy guay or as son muy guais.

guay

1. (Spain, slang) cool, terrific

• Sometimes expanded to guay del Paraguay or guay de Paraguay.

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.

guay

2. (obsolete) woe! (expresses grief)

   Synonym: ay

• “guay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28