🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

guidare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gwee-dah-reh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Guide/ɡaɪd/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #250 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La bussola ci ha aiutato a guidare la nave in sicurezza."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To show or indicate the way to someone, or to direct someone's movement through unfamiliar territory.

    "Local volunteers will guide visitors through the historical district."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who advises, instructs, or leads someone through life events, complex tasks, or unfamiliar places.

    "She acted as a reliable guide through the complicated legal process."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb guider, which likely came from Frankish roots related to guiding or pointing the way. Its historical usage dates back to the late 14th century, initially denoting a person who leads travelers and later expanding to abstract concepts of instruction and direction.

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